Far from Main Street: Three Photographers in Depression-Era New Mexico

by Russell Lee (Photographer), John Collier (Photographer), Jack Delano (Photographer)

New Deal agencies hired some of the country's most talented photographers of the twentieth century to document the lives of rural Americans during the Great Depression and its aftermath. This moving record bears witness to the struggling people in northern New Mexico determined to succeed.

88 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1994

Reviews

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One more for the collection from that magic era of American B/W photography. The book centers around the shops of the Atcheson, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad and some of the Native Americans shop workers of New Mexico in the depression and early years of WWII.

A well curated to a degree collection from three different photographers. The single critical concern I have is that the selected photographs do not show enough of the individuality of each photographer on first examination. Other than that it is a well done work. Good commentary, each photo dated and referenced, and enough bio on the photographers and subjects without it becoming something other than what was intended. Paperback work that if were hardbound would rate 4.5 stars!

Worth a look or two.