On display Jan 19, 2010 - Jun 4, 2010 in the Governor's Gallery (State Capitol)
In the mid-1930s, the Farm Security Administration was established as a part of the New Deal. For ten years, the Information Division of the agency hired writers and photographers to provide press and educational information to the public. While photography was not the primary purpose of the F.S.A., its outstanding photography program is perhaps what the agency is best known for.
John Collier, Jr., Jack Delano, and Russell Lee all documented life in New Mexico for the F.S.A. The exhibition in the Governor’s Gallery draws from the New Mexico Farm Security Administration Collection at the New Mexico Museum of Art. While the photographers documented both the environment and the people of New Mexico, this exhibition focuses on images of the people and events ranging from the Bean Day Rodeo in Wagon Mound, to mass at a Trampas church, to workers for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad.
Images from the Exhibition
Questa, NM
John Collier, Jr. (American, 1913 – 1992)
Albuquerque
Jack Delano (American, born Russia, 1914 - 1997)
Pie Town, NM
Russell Lee (American, 1903 – 1986)
Trampas, NM
John Collier, Jr. (American, 1913 – 1992)
Fort Sumner
Jack Delano (American, born Russia, 1914 – 1997)