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Photography. John Felix Vachon (May 19, 1914 – April 20, 1975) was a world-traveling American photographer. Vachon is remembered most for his photography working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) as part of the New Deal and for contributions to Look magazine.
After being hired as an assistant messenger with the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in 1937, Vachon quickly developed his own photographic skills. He became a member of the FSA's regular photographic staff and produced memorable documentary series in the Plains states.
Dec 18, 2017 · FSA photographer John Vachon was in his early twenties when he traveled to Chicago to document living conditions in the city. His 1941 images depict a multifaceted city, bursting with vibrance while also containing a gritty underbelly.
John Felix Vachon (May 19, 1914 – April 20, 1975) was a world-traveling American photographer. Vachon is remembered most for his photography working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) as part of the New Deal and for contributions to Look magazine.
John Vachon traveled the world as a professional photographer, but the St. Paul native's work was always shaped by his Midwestern upbringing. He is most remembered for his photographs for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and Look magazine. His photos juxtaposed the rich and the poor, society's promise and its compromises.
Starting in 1947, Vachon worked for Look as a staff photographer. Over the next two decades he specialized in picture-story photography. Following a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973, he was a visiting professor at the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts. He died in 1975 in New York City.
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A file clerk who became a photographer with the help of the Farm Service Administration’s team of stars, John Vachon captured two summers in Chicago as America was at war. By Whet Moser July...
