Caldwell, Erskine and Bourke-White, Margaret

You Have Seen Their Faces [Great Depression]

New York: Modern Age, 1937. Photography of Margaret Bourke-White. First Softcover Edition.

Stiff photo-illustrated wraps; 11.25 inches tall; [16] 54 [1] pages. The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light, even age-toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with each spine corner lightly rubbed. Book-plate on the front inside of cover. First Softcover Edition.

A landmark photo-documentary book whose significance lies in its raw, poignant portrayal of the struggles of rural poverty in the American South during the Great Depression. Bourke-White’s striking photographs, paired with Caldwell’s text, were among the first to bring widespread visual attention to the extreme hardships faced by Southern sharecroppers.

The book is historically significant because it brought to the public eye social conditions that many Americans had not seen. This social documentation helped raise awareness, becoming part of a broader movement that used art and journalism to advocate for social change and economic reform. [Adapted from online resources]

Item #19613

Price: $65.00