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Loading... Days of Sand (2021)by Aimée de Jongh
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Here's a case of the author choosing the least interesting character in the book to be the narrator. John Clark, 22 years old, is hired by the U.S. government during the Great Depression to travel from New York City to Oklahoma in order to photograph the effects the Dust Bowl is having on the countryside and the people living there. Like the Dutch author, he's an outsider looking in. Clark uses the suffering of others to work through his daddy issues and the ethics of candid vs. staged photography for the purpose of propaganda. So, you know, good for him. Nice art, and full-page reprints of real photographs taken during the Dust Bowl by the likes of Dorothea Lange and Arthur Rothstein are included. no reviews | add a review
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A moving and unforgettable tale, inspired by real-life stories of courage and perseverance during the Dust Bowl of 1930s America. United States, 1937. In the middle of the Great Depression, 22-year-old photographer John Clark is brought in by the Farm Security Administration to document the calamitous conditions of the Dust Bowl in the central and southern states, in order to bring the farmers' plight to the public eye. When he starts working through his shooting script, however, he finds his subjects to be unreceptive. What good are a couple of photos against relentless and deadly dust storms? The more he shoots, the more John discovers the awful extent of their struggles, and comes to question his own role and responsibilities in this tragedy sweeping through the center of the country. No library descriptions found. |
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