MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE (american, 1904-1971) SHARECROPPER COUPLE 1937. Associated Press,...
MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE
(american, 1904-1971)
SHARECROPPER COUPLE
1937. Associated Press, Farmer's Tenant, and date stamps on verso. Typewritten Associated Press note included, dated 11/13/37, with quote: "A man learns not to expect much after he's farmed cotton most of his life." Gelatin silver print.
Image: 6 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (15.9 x 20.6 cm).
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 (15.9 x 22.9cm).
Margaret Bourke-White took photographs of sharecroppers in the Deep South for her book "You Have Seen Their Faces", which included text by her husband, the writer Erskine Caldwell.
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MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE
(american, 1904-1971)
SHARECROPPER COUPLE
1937. Associated Press, Farmer's Tenant, and date stamps on verso. Typewritten Associated Press note included, dated 11/13/37, with quote: "A man learns not to expect much after he's farmed cotton most of his life." Gelatin silver print.
Image: 6 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (15.9 x 20.6 cm).
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 (15.9 x 22.9cm).
Margaret Bourke-White took photographs of sharecroppers in the Deep South for her book "You Have Seen Their Faces", which included text by her husband, the writer Erskine Caldwell.