Bound for Glory, America in Colour 1939-1943

This is a fantastic exhibition at The Photographers Gallery in London on until 28th January of images from the 1940s.
During this time, photographers were employed by
the FSA (Farm Security Administration) to garner
support for President Franklin D Roosevelt’s New Deal
by revealing the poverty of primarily rural America.
The initial black and white images were intended to
educate the wider population about the problem. Then
from 1939 colour photographs were taken to show the
improvements the New Deal had made, whilst
acknowledging that there was still work to be done.
These startling images were made possible by the
newly developed Kodachrome colour film.


Also there is a fantastic website to accompany the exhbition, produced by the US Library of Congress - check it out here.