Some of the most haunting image of the U.S. were captured from 1935 to 1945 , as the country come forth from the depths of the Great Depression and rebound for World War II . A team from Yale has collaborated on one of the most visually arresting interpretations of the era , calledPhotogrammar : 170,000 photos from the catamenia , plot on a map of the country .
As part of FDR ’s sweeping social insurance policy of the New Deal , launch in 1935 , photographers were dispatched to travel the res publica , documenting the effects of the relief work . Most notable was the work of the Farm Security Administration — Office of War Information ( FSA - OWI ) , which tapped now - legendary lensman to make most of the black - and - bloodless photographs we ’ve number to colligate with the time . The archives were digitized and have now made accessible online by this group of historians , GIS expert , and data scientist .
A “ drouth auction ” in Kearney , Nebraska where a James Leonard Farmer was forced to sell his belongings , Arthur Rothstein , 1936
Photogrammar not only appropriate you to easily search for all these gorgeous historic look-alike , it point each of them on a function , color - coded by photographer . you could see how Dorothea Lange traveled throughout the rural South and then channelise Benjamin West to document the sodbuster of California ’s Central Valley . I specially like how you may track Jack Delano ’s path down Route 66 . For historical relevance , you may lend an sheathing of a 1937 road map of the U.S. , made by the Vico Motor Oil Company .
One of the most striking things about the image map is just how thoroughly the country was documented by this labor . Photographers hit every state , and move around through the most distant parts of the U.S.
If just searching for photos is n’t enough to keep you occupied , Photogrammar is also creatingvisualizationsthat avail to render and organize the photos , collect them geographically but also by subject , photographer and year :
I especially have it off the “ Treemap ” function where you may flick on colorful squares to get gradually more granular entropy about the exposure taken in 1942 :
Just the human action of digitalize these vast deposit of picture is an important task , but find relevant style to search and use them is just as significant . Thanks to the efforts of these scholar , one of the sullen moment for the country has been brought to light . [ Photogrammar ]
Top image : Part of migratory family of five , encamped near Porterville , California , while wait for study in the orange groves , Dorothea Lange , 1936
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