Bopund For Glory: America in Color 1939-43 - An Online Exhibition

[heller_harris]

<a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/boundforglory/glory-exhibit.html"> Bound

For Glory </a>, a Library of Congress online exhibition of color photos from 1939-43

[duolian]

Wonderful stuff. I am grateful for this link. Coincidentally, I just finished reading <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Us_Now_Praise_Famous_Men">"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men"</a> by James Agee and Walker Evans, and it renewed my appreciation for the photography that came out of projects sponsored by the Farm Security Administration (although in fact Evans was at odds in some respects with the mission that the FSA's Roy Stryker was embarked on: <a href="http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug97/fsa/farm.html">Evans and the FSA</a>). My favorites in this great "Bound For Glory" exhibition: <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/boundforglory/images/bg0020.jpg">Faro and Doris Caudill, homesteaders</a> by Russell Lee; <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/boundforglory/images/bg0039.jpg">African American Boy</a> by John Vachon; <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/boundforglory/images/bg0063.jpg">Mike Evans, a welder</a> by Jack Delano.

[john falkenstine]

I often visit those netsites at the Library of Congress just to look at the images, then look at what is being posted on photo.net. 2 different planets.

[citizen.stuart]

A book of these images does exist. Published by Harry N Abrams in 04, ISBN: 0810943484, Hardcover: 192 pages. I stumbled on it at a close-out store for five bucks. I'd recommend it even at the full price.