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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 (1914-1975) was a St. Paul native who became a renowned photographer for the Farm Security Administration and Look magazine. He documented rural poverty, war, and postwar conditions around the world with a distinctive style and perspective.
John Vachon (1914-1975) was a documentary photographer who captured the social and economic changes in the United States during the Great Depression and World War II. He exhibited his works at MoMA several times and published a book of his photographs in 1960.
John Vachon. Born on May 19, 1914, John Vachon grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota. After studying English literature at the College of St. Thomas (now University of St. Thomas), he moved to Washington D.C. to continue his studies at American University. His plan was to become a teacher or writer.
22 Mei 2015 · St. Paul native John Vachon worked as a photographer for the Farm Security Administration — and then the Office of War Information — from 1938 until 1943.
From 1936 to 1943, John Vachon traveled across America as part of the Farm Security Administration photography project, documenting the desperate world of the Great Depression and also the...
