The Railroad Photography of Jack Delano
Tony Reevy
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Description for The Railroad Photography of Jack Delano
Hardback. Series: Railroads Past & Present. Num Pages: 204 pages, 33 color illus., 140 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 262 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1358.
Born in the Ukraine, photographer Jack Delano moved to the United States in 1923. After graduating from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1937, Delano worked for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the Office of War Information (OWI) as a photographer. Best known for his work for the Office of War Information during 1940–1943, Jack Delano captured the face of American railroading in a series of stunning photographs. His images, especially his portraits of railroad workers, are a vibrant and telling portrait of industrial life during one of the most important periods in American history. This remarkable collection features ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Series
Railroads Past & Present
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253017772
SKU
V9780253017772
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About Tony Reevy
Tony Reevy is Senior Associate Director of the Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of O. Winston Link: Life Along the Line: A Photographic Portrait of America's Last Great Steam Railroad.
Reviews for The Railroad Photography of Jack Delano
Both scholarly and beautiful, author Reevy's work presents information on Delano the man, background on the agencies that employed him, and more than 170 photos. . . A marvelous study of a craftsman and his important work.
Classic Trains
By bringing together in a single, informative volume an excellent selection of Delano's black-and-white and color photographs, Reevy has ... Read more
Classic Trains
By bringing together in a single, informative volume an excellent selection of Delano's black-and-white and color photographs, Reevy has ... Read more