Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943

[Brandy524]

Stumbled across this link in another blog this morning. If you're friends with me on facebook, you may have already checked out the link I posted there. These pictures are so moving. They just make you long to know these people, learn their names and their stories. These are just a few pictures from the collection. There are 70 at the link.

 

EDIT: Doh, forgot to post the actual link.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/2363/

 

"Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943

Posted Jul 26, 2010

 

These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs and captions are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color."

 

 

 

 

[printersdevil78]

These are really breathtaking. Thanks for sharing!

[Brandy524]

I thought they were, too. You don't really think about how life was like back then until you see something like this. Talk about a "slice of life." I think we really take a lot things for granted these days!

[BeemerBoy]

I saw when you posted this link on FB, but wasn't able to check it out at the time, and then forgot about it. Thanks for posting it again here. It's beautiful work! What's so fascinating is the element of color. When you're so conditioned to seeing life of that era depicted in drab black and white, the color "humanizes" it, and forces you to take notice and really connect with the subjects.

[Brandy524]

^ Exactly! It makes it feel so much more real. It's not just another black and white picture of a time you can't relate to. Color really puts you in the moment.