Theodor Jung

Theodor Jung (May 29, 1906 in Austria-Hungary – February 19, 1996 in California) was an American photographer, best known for his work with the Farm Security Administration, one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal programs. Hired for the agency in 1935, when it was still called the Resettlement Administration, he photographed life in the Great Depression. He left the agency the following year and served as photographer for the Consumers Council, another government agency, and the Consumers' Guide. Later in life he served as art director and photographer for a number of publications and advertising agencies.

References

  • American Photographers of the Great Depression. New York: Pantheon Books, 1985.
  • v
  • t
  • e
FSA Photographers
Photographers
(date of hire)
  • Arthur Rothstein (1935)
  • Theodor Jung (1935)
  • Ben Shahn (1935)
  • Walker Evans (1935)
  • Dorothea Lange (1935)
  • Carl Mydans (1935)
  • Russell Lee (1936)
  • Marion Post Wolcott (1936)
  • John Vachon (1936/1938)
  • Jack Delano (1940)
  • John Collier (1941)
  • Marjory Collins (1941)
  • Louise Rosskam (1941)
  • Gordon Parks (1942)
  • Esther Bubley (1942)
WorksRelated
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
International
  • FAST
  • ISNI
  • VIAF
National
  • Germany
  • United States
Artists
  • Museum of Modern Art
  • Photographers' Identities
  • RKD Artists
Other
  • SNAC


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about an American photographer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e