Way Out West: Images of the American Ranch
Classic Photographs from the Farm Security Administration Featuring photographs by such renowned photographers as Dorothea Lange, Arthur Rothstein, Russell Lee, and several others, this book documents ranching culture in western states during the Great Depression and leading up to World War II. This was a period of great change in the ranching West that included the introduction of the automobile, electricity, radio, the telephone, and other technologies that drastically transformed the lives and work of ranching people, and some of the best documentation exists in the powerful documentary photographs by this remarkable group of photographers. CHARLIE SEEMANN is the Executive Director Emeritus of the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada. He holds an M.A. in Folklife Studies from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Way Out West: Images of the American Ranch
Classic Photographs from the Farm Security Administration Featuring photographs by such renowned photographers as Dorothea Lange, Arthur Rothstein, Russell Lee, and several others, this book documents ranching culture in western states during the Great Depression and leading up to World War II. This was a period of great change in the ranching West that included the introduction of the automobile, electricity, radio, the telephone, and other technologies that drastically transformed the lives and work of ranching people, and some of the best documentation exists in the powerful documentary photographs by this remarkable group of photographers. CHARLIE SEEMANN is the Executive Director Emeritus of the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada. He holds an M.A. in Folklife Studies from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Way Out West: Images of the American Ranch

Way Out West: Images of the American Ranch

by Charlie Seemann
Way Out West: Images of the American Ranch

Way Out West: Images of the American Ranch

by Charlie Seemann

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Classic Photographs from the Farm Security Administration Featuring photographs by such renowned photographers as Dorothea Lange, Arthur Rothstein, Russell Lee, and several others, this book documents ranching culture in western states during the Great Depression and leading up to World War II. This was a period of great change in the ranching West that included the introduction of the automobile, electricity, radio, the telephone, and other technologies that drastically transformed the lives and work of ranching people, and some of the best documentation exists in the powerful documentary photographs by this remarkable group of photographers. CHARLIE SEEMANN is the Executive Director Emeritus of the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada. He holds an M.A. in Folklife Studies from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493027279
Publisher: TwoDot
Publication date: 09/01/2017
Edition description: New
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 8.15(w) x 9.22(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

CHARLIE SEEMANN is the Executive Director Emeritus of the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada. He holds an M.A. in Folklife Studies from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Headin' Fer the New Deal viii

Introduction: The Photographs of the Farm Security Administration xi

Russell Lee (1903-1986) 1

Marion Post Wolcott (1910-1990) 48

John Collier Jr. (1913-1992) 60

Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) 72

John Vachon (1914-1975) 80

Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985) 94

Resources and References 157

About the Author 159

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