RUSSELL LEE 20th c. American FSA PHOTOGRAPH Farm Girl Pie Town NM 1940

Vintage photograph of a little girl looking over a slab fence. "Farm Girl, Pie Town, New Mexico".

Also known as "Josie Caudill". Created for the Farm Security Administration in 1940. Lloyd: Throughout 1940, FSA photographer Russell Lee stayed in Pie Town, New Mexico, documenting every day life and the community. The photographs, many of them in genuine colour, have become an iconic series of photographs. Lee spent quite a lot of time with the Caudills, and has many photos of 8-year old Josie Caudill out playing in and around their home.

I really liked the composition of this photograph; it was a great palate cleanser between more complicated images. The dress colour I sourced off a different girl with a very similar pattern in another genuine colour slide, also by Russell Lee. Gelatin silver print on paper.

Inscribed in pencil on reverse Farm Girl, Pie Town, N. Mex, 1940, Russell Lee FSA. Stamped on reverse "Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress". Later printing from 1960s or 1970s.

Matted size 11" x 14".