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Migrant agricultural worker in his automobile
Trinkets in migrant agricultural worker’s automobile
Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration, Wilder, Idaho, November 1941
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Sign, Seaside, Oregon, September 1941
Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration
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Vegetable stand in grocery store, Porterville, California, February 1942
Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration
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May 1940: Wife of member of Casa Grande Valley Farms in corner of their living room. Pinal County, Arizona. Photo by Russell Lee.
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Fruit farmer and his son. Placer County, California, 1940.
Library of Congress: Farm Security Administration
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You are warmly invited to the private view of ‘for ever Amber’ at the Laing Art Gallery on Friday 26th June from 6pm til 8pm
In 1978 Henri Cartier-Bresson celebrated his 70th birthday with Amber Film & Photography Collective and a retrospective at Side Gallery, the group’s then new documentary photography venue in Newcastle upon Tyne. As a thank you, he sent a photograph inscribed “for ever Amber. 37 years later his words come to life in the first major retrospective for Amber’s remarkable collection.
This exhibition, developed in partnership with the Laing Art Gallery, was made possible through the support of Arts Council England and Heritage Lottery funding.
We hope you can join us in celebrating the launch of this long awaited exhibition.
To read more about the exhibition click here
PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST RSVP to [email protected] by Thursday 25th June stating your name and number of people attending.
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February 1942. “Tulare County, California. FSA farm workers’ camp. At the movies.”
Phto by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration
January 1942. “Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. Packing eggs into cartons.”
Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration
December 1941. “Threshing machine. Canyon County, Idaho. Black Canyon reclamation project in a dry land area, administered by U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.”
Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration
