Title & Author:

The bitter years : Edward Steichen and the Farm Security Administration photographs / edited by Françoise Poos.

Publication:

New York : D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., [2012]

Description:

288 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
"The plates in this book correspond to the photographs selected by Edward Steichen from the archives of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) for his exhibition "The Bitter Years 1935-1941," that was initially held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1962"--Note to reader
Vantage point: "The bitter years" reconsidered / Jean Back-Of power and politics: Steichen at MOMA / Ariane Pollet-Testimony or instrument of propaganda: what is the role of photography? / Gabriel Bauret-"A very living document of our age": constructing and deconstructing the FSA archive-The château d'eau: a water tower as cultural reservoir / Antoinette Lorang-"The Bitter Years": The plates.
Vantage point : "The bitter years" reconsidered / Jean Back -- Of power and politics : Steichen at MOMA / Ariane Pollet -- Testimony or instrument of propaganda : what is the role of photography? / Gabriel Bauret -- "A very living document of our age": constructing and deconstructing the FSA archive -- The château d'eau : a water tower as cultural reservoir / Antoinette Lorang -- "The Bitter Years" : The plates.

Summary:

"'The Bitter Years' was a seminal exhibition curated by Edward Steichen in 1962 at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The show featured 208 images by photographers who worked under the aegis of the U.S. Farm Security Administration (FSA) in 1935-41, as part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal ... No proper catalogue was produced of the exhibition in 1962 so this book provides a unique opportunity to see all the photographs in a structure and sequence that reflected those devised by Steichen for the original show ..."--Jacket

ISBN:

9781935202868
1935202863

Subject:

Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973.
United States. Farm Security Administration History Exhibitions.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) History 20th century.
United States. Farm Security Administration Histoire Expositions.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Histoire 20e siècle.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
United States. Farm Security Administration
Documentary photography United States History 20th century Exhibitions.
Farm life United States History 20th century Exhibitions.
Art museum curators United States Biography.
Art museum directors United States Biography.
History.
Documentary photography.
Depressions 1929 United States Exhibitions.
Depressions 1929 United States Pictorial works.
Photographie documentaire États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Vie à la ferme États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Directeurs de musée d'art États-Unis Biographies.
Conservateurs de musée d'art États-Unis Biographies.
Histoire.
Photographie documentaire.
history (discipline)
documentary photography.
exhibition curators.
curators.
Photography.
Art museum directors
Art museum curators
Farm life
Rural conditions
Fotografi.
Dokumentärfotografi.
United States Rural conditions Exhibitions.
États-Unis Conditions rurales Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
United States
United States Rural conditions 20th century Exhibitions.

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Biographies
Exhibition catalogs
History

Added entries:

Poos, Françoise, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282271
Call No.: BIB 219623
Status: Available