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Occupation. Photographer for the Farm Security Administration. Marion Post Wolcott (June 7, 1910 – November 24, 1990) was an American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression, documenting poverty, the Jim Crow South, and deprivation.
- June 7, 1910, Montclair, New Jersey
- November 24, 1990 (aged 80), Santa Barbara, California
Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Died. Santa Barbara, California, United States. Nationalities. American. Biography. A tough, feisty photographer who began freelancing for the Associated Press in 1935, Wolcott has only recently received the attention she deserves.
- June 7, 1910
- November 24, 1990
Marion Post Wolcott is best known for the more than 9,000 photographs she produced for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) from 1938 to 1942. 1 This work is preserved at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division and also available online. Before Wolcott became a government photographer, she earned her living making photographs ...
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Biography. Marion Post Wolcott was born in Montclair, New Jersey, and educated at the New School for Social Research, New York University, and at the University of Vienna. Upon graduation in 1932, she returned to New York to pursue a career in photography and attended workshops with Ralph Steiner.
Marion Post Wolcott (June 7, 1910 – November 24, 1990) was an American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression, documenting poverty, the Jim Crow South, and deprivation.
Mar 19, 2016 · Marion Post-Wolcott. Marion Post Wolcott (1910-1990) is best known for the more than 9,000 photographs she produced for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) from 1938 to 1942. She covered thousands of miles of the United States with her camera to document and publicize the need for federal assistance to those hardest hit by the Great ...
Marion P. Wolcott, Marion Post Wolcott. Date of birth. 1910. Date of death. 1990. See all 19 artworks ›. One Room School House, Breathitt County, Kentucky, 1940. Marion Post Wolcott. Tenant Farmer’s Children, Younger One with Rickets from Malnutrition.
