Ideological Color Correction Required
Claire Berlinski ·
Jul 21, 2010 at 5:00am
Interesting color photos of America during the Great Depression on Daily Kos--you may have missed them because I have to imagine he's not on your daily reading list. Some of the captions could use a bit of ideological adjustment, I feel. Any takers?
By the way, when I post six times in a row, you can reliably take this to mean I'm supposed to be doing something I really don't want to do.
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Jun '10
Re: Ideological Color Correction Required
I can reliably bet you are a devilishly fun person.
Never been to Daily Kos. Sorry,I'm still not enticed.
May '10
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I don't think the captions are so bad. I read the same mistrust on the faces of the black and Indian women. More telling that the photographer simply took their picture without stopping and inviting them to pose as s/he seemed to with the white subjects.
But most interesting to me is the different tone that comes from the color photos of the New Mexican farmers. Of course part of it is set up and expression -- but you get a strong flavor of grit, independence, determination and optimism from the color photo -- unhelpful I suppose if you are in the business of selling government intervention.
Thanks Claire -- really cool. And the NYC skyline is my new desktop image.
May '10
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The Kodachrome film pictures make it look orange, don't you think?
Jul '10
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Mistrust? Could they be a little confused from seeing a technology they've never seen before?
Slanted.
Cool pics though.
Jul '10
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Also, I would like to know how the writer knows the photographer was white.
Jun '10
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There's something wrong with the caption of the New Mexico couple from Pietown. I would have to do some research before I could provide authentication, but Pietown today is a ghost town, and for good reason: no water. Only 1% of New Mexico's land is arable due to poor soil and arid conditions. It's possible this couple made their living from ranching, but agriculture seems highly unlikely. On the other hand, resettling people on a god-forsaken wasteland is certainly something I wouldn't put beyond the capacity of gummint.
May '10
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I like the one of the daughters all wearing the same dress. I don't think I've ever seen that in modern America, apart from young boys wearing the same suit to Sunday Mass. How much easier it would be to find one of your strays if she was wearing the family uniform. All that's missing is a rope linking them together at the waist.
May '10
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Thanks for the link. How interesting. When I see photos or read stories about the Great Depression, I'm always reminded of my grandfather's stories. During my teen years, he penned several stories about living and farming in West Texas during the Dustbowl and Great Depression. They are some of my most treasured possessions. He recalls abject poverty in his community, families forced to eat their cats and dogs just to survive. I know not everyone suffered as much, but the suffering was significant. It's unimaginable to me to be in a circumstance so dire. That experience haunts him, even at 99 years old. He didn't have much use for the New Deal and WPA.