Foreman on Chicken Ranch, Sonoma County, California
December 1941
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 18.2 × 24.1 cm (7 3/16 × 9 1/2 in.) sheet: 20.7 × 25.4 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the UBS Art Collection
Accession Number
2023.30.103
Art Historical Context
**Foreman on Chicken, Sonoma County, California *Russell Lee, December 1941, gelatin silver print* just weeks before the U.S. entry into World II, this gelatin silver print by Russell Lee showcases the grit of rural American life during a pivotal moment. Lee, a key photographer for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), documented the daily struggles and resilience of workers in the late Great Depression era. Here, the foreman on a Sonoma County chicken ranch embodies hardworking backbone of California's agricultural heartland, frozen in sharp black-and-white detail that highlights text...