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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Marion Post Wilcott

Photography Appreciation

Marion Post Wilcott was known for her photography that captured poverty and deprivation during the Great Depression.

I came across this photo while searching the Commons for photos of Mark Twain. The caption for this photo reads "Boys fishing in a creek in Souther U.S.A. bayou near the school. Cajun childrne of Terrebonne, a Farm Security Administration project, Schriever, La."

When I was in school, I was taught a photo should tell a story. This could easily tell a story. Perhaps one of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.


Boys fishing in a bayou, Schriever, La. (LOC)
Boys fishing in a bayou, June 1940

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Post_Wolcott; http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsac.1a34360/

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