Artist: John Vachon (American, 1904-1975)
Title: Italian Resident of Dubuque
Date: 1940
Accession #: 00.08.42
Medium: Black and white photograph
Dimensions: sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in., image: 8 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.
Acquired by: William G. & Barbara Kruse
About the Artist: While traveling as a photographer for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), Vachon wrote to his wife, Penny, about the challenge of taking photographs, “I am so damned anxious to put new blood in them, new ideas, approaches, and to say something different with them.”