Farmer and Sons Walking in the Face of a Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma
Arthur Rothstein · 1936
Why it's great
A farmer and his sons walk bent against a huge dust cloud in Oklahoma in April 1936, during the Dust Bowl. Arthur Rothstein took this photograph for the government, which hired photographers to show how hard the Depression was.
🏛️ Part of history
The Great Depression (1929–1939) — A farmer and his sons walk bent against a huge dust cloud in Oklahoma in April 1936, during the Dust Bowl.
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Arthur Rothstein was an American photographer born in New York City in 1915. He was the first photographer hired by the government's Farm Security Administration, capturing the Dust Bowl, and later worked for Look magazine. He died in New Rochelle in 1985.
