New Deal Photography: USA 1935-1943

美國聯邦農業安全管理局(FSA)推出最珍貴的紀實攝影書見證大蕭條時期的美國經濟與社會的變動及興亡30年代的美國遇上空前未有的經濟大蕭條，為了挽救貧困的農村人民，美國聯邦農業安全管理局(FSA)於1935年成立，透過集體化的安置與管理及教導現代化的農耕技術，幫助大量的佃農及受到地主壓榨的窮困農民。為了讓更多人正視日益嚴重的社會現象，特別聘請大量的專業攝影師及作家紀錄這個非常時期，讓更多美國人了解真實的美國文化。本書收藏從1935年至1943年完整的紀實攝影資料，透過珍貴的攝影作品，展現歷史上不可抹滅的艱難時刻。不論是為了求生的罪犯、棉花田工人、流落街頭的孩童及大量搬遷的農民們，看見人類因為變化莫測的全球經濟市場變化而改變人生。其中知名美國傳記攝影師多羅西‧蘭格最具代表性的作品《移民母親》(Migrant Mother)，影像中一位飽受風霜折磨的母親，肩上靠著兩個疲累不堪的孩子，就是美國人民勇敢對抗經濟蕭條時期的真實表象。作品代表人與人最真實的對話，激起讀者的生存鬥志，也是紀實攝影史上針對經濟與社會變動所做的紀錄和最佳鐵證。 Another country: Introducing America to AmericansAmid the ravages of the Great Depression, the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) was first founded in 1935 to address the country s rural poverty. Its efforts focused on improving the lives of sharecroppers, tenants, and very poor landowning farmers, with resettlement and collectivization programs, as well as modernized farming methods. In a parallel documentation program, the FSA hired a number of photographers and writers to record the lives of the rural poor and introduce America to Americans. This book records the full reach of the FSA program from 1935 to 1943, honoring its vigor and commitment across subjects, states, and stylistic preferences. The photographs are arranged into four broad regional sections but otherwise allowed to speak for themselves to provide individual impressions as much as they cumulatively build an indelible survey of a nation. Through color and black-and-white images, we meet convicts, cotton workers, kids on the street, and relocated workers on the road. We see subjects victim to the elements of nature and the timeless rituals of human life, as much as to the vagaries of the global economic market. We meet Dorothea Lange s iconic Migrant Mother, weather-beaten and worn, with two children leaning on her shoulders.What unites all of the pictures is a commitment to the individuality and dignity of each subject, as much as to the witness they bear to this particular period of the American past and to universal cycles of growing, playing, eating, aging, ailing, and dying. Through the lenses of such perceptive, sensitive photographers as Dorothea Lange, Jack Delano, Russell Lee, Marion Post Wolcott, Walker Evans, and Ben Shahn, subjects are entrenched in the hardships of their historical lot, caught in the loop of humanity, and yet face the viewer with what is utterly their own: a unique, irreplaceable, often unforgettable presence.About the series: Bibliotheca Universalis Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price!Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, the name TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together nearly 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.Bookworm s delight never bore, always excite!Text in English, French, and German