Roy Stryker: U.S.A., 1943-1950. The Standard Oil (New Jersey) Photography Project.
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R001916 Ned. Fotomuseum USA ANTH PLATTNER.W 1983
TitleRoy Stryker: U.S.A., 1943-1950. The Standard Oil (New Jersey) Photography Project.
Author
Photographer
Place of publicationAustin (Texas)
PublisherUniv. of Texas Press, Austin, USA
Year of publication1983
Pagination144
Illustrationsb&w
MaterialAnthologie
Document TypeBook
ISBN0-292-770286
Bibliographic Notessel. bibliography, exh. list, cb;
SubjectFotografieopdrachten, documentaire fotografie, Farm Security Administration, FSA, USA, Geschiedenis van de fotografie: USA, Patronage van de fotografie, Politiek en fotografie, Propaganda met foto's, Public Relations en fotografie, Fotojournalistiek: USA, Standard Oil Photography Project 1943-1950, USA
Geographical keywordVerenigde Staten
Abstract
Intro: Between 1943 and 1950, Standard Oil sponsored the largest
photographic documentation project ever undertaken in America
by anyone
other than the federal government. The photographers of
Standard Oil
recorded "how oil seeped into every joint' of an increasing
technological
nation. Several of America's finest photographers participated
in the
project, including Berenice Abbott, Charlotte Brooks, Esther
Bubley, Harold
Corsini, Arnold Eagle, Morris Engel, Elliott Erwitt, Sol
Libsohn, Lisette
Model, Martha McMillan Roberts, Louise Rosskam, Charles Rotkin,
Todd Webb
and former FSA photographers John Collier, Russell Lee, Gordon
Parks, Edwin
Rosskam, and John Vachon. Considered collectively, the 67.000
photographs
taken fot the Standard Oil project form a vivid pictorial
record of home
front America during and after World War II.
photographic documentation project ever undertaken in America
by anyone
other than the federal government. The photographers of
Standard Oil
recorded "how oil seeped into every joint' of an increasing
technological
nation. Several of America's finest photographers participated
in the
project, including Berenice Abbott, Charlotte Brooks, Esther
Bubley, Harold
Corsini, Arnold Eagle, Morris Engel, Elliott Erwitt, Sol
Libsohn, Lisette
Model, Martha McMillan Roberts, Louise Rosskam, Charles Rotkin,
Todd Webb
and former FSA photographers John Collier, Russell Lee, Gordon
Parks, Edwin
Rosskam, and John Vachon. Considered collectively, the 67.000
photographs
taken fot the Standard Oil project form a vivid pictorial
record of home
front America during and after World War II.
| Copy number | R001916 |
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| Shelf mark | USA ANTH PLATTNER.W 1983 |