Photography and Social Reform

Chapter 5 attached

Resource: Review "Documenting the Face of America: Roy Stryker and the FSA/OWI Photographers," and Ch. 5 of Oxford History of Art: Twentieth-Century American Art.

Write a 200- to 350-word summary responding to the following:

How was photography used as an instrument for social reform? What photograph do you think makes the most powerful social commentary? Why?

Link to "Documenting the Face of America: Roy Stryker and the FSA/OWI Potographers"

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http://digital.films.com/PortalViewVideo.aspx?xtid=40086

(BOOK CITATION)

Doss, Erika. Oxford History of Art : Twentieth-Century American Art. Cary, NC, USA: OUP Oxford, 2002. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 8 August 2015.

(VIDEO CITATION)

Documenting the Face of America: Roy Stryker and the FSA/OWI Photographers. Films On Demand. Films Media Group, 2008. Web. 8 Aug. 2015. http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=7967&xtid=40086.