Framing Race in Personal and Political Spaces: New Deal Photographs of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Portraits in Domestic Settings

New Deal photographers working for the Farm Securities Administration and the Office of War Information framed Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) portraits on display in domestic interiors to reflect their own perspectives on national politics. The portraits were significant not only for the subjects o...

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Published in:Winterthur portfolio 2018-06, Vol.52 (2/3), p.137-166
Main Author: Wingate, Jennifer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Artistic representation (Imitation)
New Deal
Photographers
Politics
Portrait photography
Presidents
Race
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945)
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Summary:New Deal photographers working for the Farm Securities Administration and the Office of War Information framed Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) portraits on display in domestic interiors to reflect their own perspectives on national politics. The portraits were significant not only for the subjects of the photographs but also for the photographers who decided when and how to capture these interiors on film. Similarities and differences between Jack Delano’s and Gordon Parks’s early 1940s photographs of FDR portraits in American homes highlight this period’s political tensions involving war, domestic unrest, and the beginnings of the civil rights movement.
ISSN:0084-0416
1545-6927
DOI:10.1086/700015