Re: 14 Rare Color Photos From the FSA-OWI

[Trevor Cunningham <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karl,

Thanks for posting this, post. For the sake of repetition, I'll repost 
my post to the PDN discussion:

My particular favorites are the Alfred T. Palmer shots. Definitely 
staged, but I have no doubt they were taken with regular people at real 
locations. I think his use of lighting, at least through my contemporary 
eyes, gives a certain level of celebrity, or dignity, to the subjects, 
much as was the intentions of many of the FSA-OWI photographers. 
Particularly, the wartime industry shots were taken during a period 
where it was important to broadcast images of people working hard to 
overcome both diplomatic and economic hardships.

These images are a historical treasure and I thank Daryl for posting 
these rare, if only because we are so barraged by inferior imagery, 
beauties.

And, despite the skeptics, these are the real deal and not Photoshop’d. 
Think about it, with the availability of technology, what’s the point in 
lying about it?