Searching for the seventies : the DOCUMERICA photography project
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Searching for the seventies : the DOCUMERICA photography project
AUTHOR:
Bustard, Bruce I., 1954-
Ferriero, David S.
Ruckelshaus, William Doyle, 1932-
Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery, host institution
United States. National Archives and Records Administration
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
ISBN:
9781907804151
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Washington, D. C. : Foundation for the National Archives ; London : in association with D Giles Limited, 2013
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xi, 132 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
"This book is based on the exhibition "Searching for the Seventies: The DOCUMERICA Photography Project," presented in the Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery at the National Archives Building, Washington, DC, from March 8, 2013, to September 8, 2013."
"All photographs in this book are digital prints made from DOCUMERICA slides held by the National Archives and Records Administration and are among records of the Environmental Protection Agency, Record Group 412."
ABSTRACT:
Revisit the 1970s through 100 remarkable colour photographs taken for the Environmental Protection Agency's 'DOCUMERICA' project. These images chosen, from 22,000 files in the National Archives of the United States, highlight the fashions, trends, problems, and achievements of the decade. In addition to photographs of environmental blight and activism, 'DOCUMERICA' images capture issues such as eco-politics, urban revitalisation, suburbanisation, and deindustrialisation. They depict trends such as the growing appreciation of cultural diversity, the changing roles of women, and post-1960s youth culture. Drawing inspiration from the depression-era Farm Security Administration (FSA) photography project, 'DOCUMERICA' photographers created a portrait of America in the early to mid-1970s featuring small Midwestern towns, barrios in the Southwest, and coal mining communities in Appalachia.
SUBJECT:
| DOCUMERICA -- Exhibitions |
| Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions |
| Nineteen seventies -- Pictorial works |
| United States -- Environmental conditions -- Pictorial works |
BIBSUMMARY:
Revisit the 1970s through 100 remarkable colour photographs taken for the Environmental Protection Agency's 'DOCUMERICA' project. These images chosen, from 22,000 files in the National Archives of the United States, highlight the fashions, trends, problems, and achievements of the decade. In addition to photographs of environmental blight and activism, 'DOCUMERICA' images capture issues such as eco-politics, urban revitalisation, suburbanisation, and deindustrialisation. They depict trends such as the growing appreciation of cultural diversity, the changing roles of women, and post-1960s youth culture. Drawing inspiration from the depression-era Farm Security Administration (FSA) photography project, 'DOCUMERICA' photographers created a portrait of America in the early to mid-1970s featuring small Midwestern towns, barrios in the Southwest, and coal mining communities in Appalachia.