Wanted to Share--US Farm Security Photo Essay

[candycorn]

The Kept and the Killed

Of the 270,000 photographs commissioned by the US Farm Security Administration to document the Great Depression, more than a third were “killed”. Erica X Eisen examines the history behind this hole-punched archive and the unknowable void at its center.

publicdomainreview.org

This popped up on my feed...Wanted to share.

 

[Canon Shooter]

That's pretty interesting. Thanks for sharing that!

 

[Coyote]

The Kept and the Killed

Of the 270,000 photographs commissioned by the US Farm Security Administration to document the Great Depression, more than a third were “killed”. Erica X Eisen examines the history behind this hole-punched archive and the unknowable void at its center.

publicdomainreview.org

This popped up on my feed...Wanted to share.

What a neat story!