Behind the Image: Recollections from Northern New Mexico

Title
Behind the Image: Recollections from Northern New Mexico
Description
Beginning in 1935, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) provided help to poor farmers facing severe setbacks during the Great Depression. Young photographers were sent into every corner of rural America to tell stories of struggle and courage. The work of these FSA photographers, including Jack Delano, Russell Lee, and John Collier, Jr., became a powerful tool for social reform. John Collier, Jr is credited with creating the field of visual anthropology.

Behind the Image features the three New Mexico Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographers: Russel Lee, John Collier and Jack Delano. Their photographs were shown to family members from the Peñasco area to call-up memories about the way of life during The Great Depression. The program was produced in 1993 to accompany the NM Museum of Fine Arts exhibition on the FSA photographers.
Creator
Collier, Lucy, producer
Malmgren, Peter, producer
Goldberg, Judy, editor
McCarthy, Tom, camera
Date Created
1993
Place
New Mexico
Rights Holder
Palace of the Governors Photo Archives
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT
Subject
Depressions--1929
Farm Security Administration
Photography
Format
.mov
Language
English
Spanish
Time Period
1929 - 1939
Identifier
Palace of the Governors item number HPFV.2010.4.177