Interior Detail, West Virginia Coal Miner's House

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Beginning in 1935, Evans and a number of other photographers were hired by the Farm Security Administration (FSA), a federal agency. Although its initial goal was to record governmental efforts to assist destitute farmers, the project soon grew into a photographic survey that garnered not only attention but also sympathy and a degree of respect for all those suffering the Depression’s effects. Such straightforward works by Evans and other FSA photographers proved a major influence in the development of American documentary photography.

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