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John Felix Vachon (May 19, 1914 – April 20, 1975) was a world-traveling American photographer. Vachon is remembered most for his photography working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) as part of the New Deal and for contributions to Look magazine.
John Vachon (1914 - 1975) was an American documentary photographer who worked for the FSA and Look magazine. Learn more about his life, work, and archived items at the International Center of Photography.
John Vachon traveled the world as a professional photographer, but the St. Paul native's work was always shaped by his Midwestern upbringing. He is most remembered for his photographs for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and Look magazine.
John Felix Vachon (May 19, 1914 – April 20, 1975) was a world-traveling American photographer. Vachon is remembered most for his photography working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) as part of the New Deal and for contributions to Look magazine.
John Vachon photographed many rural areas assigned to him by the Farm Security Administration, but enjoyed photographing in his favorite haunts, America's big cities. In my opinion this...
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A file clerk who became a photographer with the help of the Farm Service Administration's team of stars, John Vachon captured two summers in Chicago as America was at war.
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Dec 2, 2021 · John Vachon was a photographer for the Farm Security Administration and later for Life and Look magazines. See his images of the contrasts and realities of Chicago in 1941, from shopping trips to poverty.
