In 1936, while Evans is employed by the US government’s Resettlement Administration (later the Farm Security Administration), magazine commissions him and the writer James Agee to document the plight of cotton tenant farmers in the American South. They focus on three families, including Floyd and Allie Mae Burroughs, and its accompanying catalog, includes a portrait titled .
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Mar 07, 2023
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