Only image from this link : https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?st=grid&co=fsa F.S.A archive video link : https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688729/ For this written presentation, each student is asked to pick an image from the Library of Congress National Archive of F.S.A. photographyLinks to an external site. that Roy Stryker headed. When contemplating the work for this prompt, each student should address how the photograph is an example of a coded message. In this week’s assigned reading, our textbook author, Graham Clark, states, “In order to speak to us, the documentary image uses a highly charged and controlled photographic space. Far from being a ‘witness,’ it is often a director of how events are seen.” When creating your response, address how the photograph you chose is an example of a coded message. In your analysis, describe what you see and how it is composed and socially coded to evoke sentiment in the reader. Lastly, I would like to hear your opinion of why it is or is not successful in retrospect 70+ years later. There were three main chapters of the F.S.A.: 1) The early period of the Federal Resettlement Agency emphasized housing and updating the living quarters, particularly for rural civilians who did not yet have access to running water and electricity. 2) Farm Security Administration was concerned with the hardships of the tenant farms. This included the results of the dust bowl and the hard times that small farmers across the sun belt particularly endured. It also documents small displaced and migrated farmers looking for work and the life of the coal workers in Appalachia. 3) Industry and wartime readiness, serving as an example of American productivity and preparation for entering World War II. Watch this short video from the Library of Congress for more information about the F.S.A. archive video from the Library of CongressLinks to an external site.. Prompt Specifications: The written length of the prompt should be 500-550 words Include the photograph in the post. Remember to list the image credits, including the photographer’s name, title, and year. Don’t forget to edit this prompt should be written formally. Outcomes: The prompt segments of this course are designed to engage the student in writing about the history of photography while applying critical understandings from the course and relating it to contemporary modes of learning today while also introducing online photographic archives for students to use.
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