Archive for the ‘Photo Essay’ Category
The Great Depression of the 1930s(6)
Waiting for the semimonthly relief checks at Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Typical story: fifteen years ago they owned farms in Oklahoma. Lost them through foreclosure when cotton prices fell after the war. Became tenants and sharecroppers. With the drought and dust they came West, 1934-1937.
The Great Depression of the 1930s(5)
People living in miserable poverty, Elm Grove, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. August 1936. Photographer: Dorothea Lange.
The Great Depression of the 1930s(4)
Demonstration of unemployed, Columbus, Kansas. May 1936. Photographer: Arthur Rothstein.
The Great Depression of the 1930s(3)
In one of the largest pea camps in California. February, 1936. Photographer: Dorothea Lange.
The Great Depression of the 1930s(2)
Squatter’s Camp, Route 70, Arkansas, October, 1935. Photographer: Ben Shahn Philipinos cutting lettuce, Salinas, California, 1935. Photographer: Dorothea Lange. In order to maximize their ability to exploit farm workers, California employers recruited from China, Japan, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the American south, and Europe.
The Great Depression of the 30s(1)
We went through a severe finacial crisis in 2009, and it hasn’t recover well until this year. Somebody even forecast that the economic collapse will come soon. That largely may be a rumor away from the real. But it is clear that we indeed face a slump of economy. I can’t imagine how we live if the great depression happen, because it was really cruel in the 1930s of the great depression for people in America. Now I am going to present kind of life scenes through nine articles each of which contains five photos.
India’s Nomads: the Last Inheritors of Folk Entertainment
It seems our younger generation has lost interest in folk entertainment because of television and modern technology. So the nomads that Steve McCurry focused on in his latest story, may be the last inheritors of the traveling magicians, acrobats, storytellers and snake charmers, really, of India’s past.
Wind Turbine: Making Wind a Clean Source of Renewable Energy
Wind is a clean source of renewable energy that produces no air or water pollution. And since the wind is free, operational costs are nearly zero once a turbine is erected. Mass production and technology advances are making turbines cheaper, and many governments offer tax incentives to spur wind-energy development.
The Teenage Mother Of ‘Smoking Baby’ Was Investigated
The photo, ‘Smoking Baby’, of a six-month-old tot with an unlit cgarette hanging from his mouth, was posted by her mother Rebecca on Facebook, which caused the teenage mother was investigated by Essex police.
Stonehenge Bones May Be Evidence of Winter Solstice Feasts
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3.2 kilometres west of Amesbury and 13 kilometres north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones.
Some 4,500 years ago, as the solstice sun rose on ...Read more.
