Allie Mae Burroughs portraits

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The Allie Mae Burroughs portraits are a series of iconic Great Depression-era photographs by Walker Evans that powerfully depict rural poverty in the American South.

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instanceOf documentary photography ⓘ
photographic series ⓘ
associatedWith James Agee and Walker Evans book "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" ⓘ
cameraUsed large-format view camera (Walker Evans) ⓘ
collection Library of Congress ⓘ
commissionedBy Farm Security Administration ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Walker Evans ⓘ
dateOfCreation 1936 ⓘ
depicts Allie Mae Burroughs ⓘ
depictsSocialIssue rural economic hardship ⓘ
sharecropping ⓘ
tenant farming ⓘ
documentedIn FSA photographic archives ⓘ
exhibitedAt Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
various major art museums and galleries ⓘ
genre portrait photography ⓘ
social documentary photography ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance key visual symbol of the Great Depression in the rural South ⓘ
hasPart Allie Mae Burroughs, full-face view ⓘ
Allie Mae Burroughs, profile view ⓘ
Allie Mae Burroughs, three-quarter view ⓘ
hasPhotographicProcess gelatin silver print ⓘ
hasStyle austere ⓘ
formally composed ⓘ
unsentimental ⓘ
imageSubject weathered wooden boards behind sitter ⓘ
wooden farmhouse background ⓘ
inception 1936 ⓘ
influenced later visual representations of American poverty ⓘ
languageOfWork none (silent photographic work) ⓘ
locationOfDepiction Hale County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject rural poverty in the American South ⓘ
medium black-and-white photography ⓘ
movement American documentary photography ⓘ
New Deal photography ⓘ
notableFor iconic representation of Great Depression-era rural poverty ⓘ
influence on later documentary photographers ⓘ
stark, frontal composition ⓘ
partOf Farm Security Administration photography project ⓘ
placeOfCreation Hale County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
portraysEmotion endurance ⓘ
resignation ⓘ
stoicism ⓘ
publisher Farm Security Administration ⓘ
rightsHolder Library of Congress (reproduction rights largely in public domain) ⓘ
subjectOccupation tenant farmer’s wife ⓘ
timePeriod Great Depression ⓘ

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