Picuris-Peñasco Community Memory Project

Behind the Image: Recollections from Northern New Mexico

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.
This video tells the stories behind the photographs.

Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico

IN COPYRIGHT

Lucy Collier, project director

Judy Goldberg, project director

Depressions--1929

Farm Security Administration

Photography

1993

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English

Spanish

New Mexico

1929 - 1939