Photographer and Writer

From the Smithsonian The pictures, made in Mississippi in the early to mid- 1930s, show the rural poor and convey the want and worry of the Great Depression. But more than that, they show the photographer's wide-ranging curiosity and unstinting empathy—which would mark her work as a writer, too. Read more: culture/The-Writers-Eye.html#ixzz2RHx4yK7v Follow on Twitterhttp:// on Twitter

The Photo’s Significance "While white people in a Deep South state like Mississippi were surrounded by blacks at the time...they were socially invisible," the television journalist and author Robert MacNeil, a longtime friend of Welty's, said in an interview during a recent symposium on her work at the Museum of the City of New York. "In a way, these two decades before the civil rights movement began, these photographs of black people give us insight into a personality who saw the humanity of these people before we began officially to recognize them." Read more: culture/The-Writers-Eye.html#ixzz2RHxLd5UP Follow on Twitterhttp:// on Twitter

Do Now Pick one of the following photos. In your journal, write analysis of the photo. Focus: In what way does your photo convey life during the Great Depression, and why do you think these photos represent the Southern Gothic movement? Also, how do these photos show an EMPATHY for the human condition?

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