Killed: Rejected Images of the Farm Security Administration
Description:
Prints 130 tri-toned black-and-white images scanned from negatives in the collection of the Library of Congress. Jones's book is the first to deal exclusively with the 35mm negatives that FSA director Roy Stryker killed with a hole punch during the early years of the project (1935-39). The book brings to light destroyed or defaced photographs by Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, John Vachon, and others; it also includes two essays by Jones discussing the images and possible reasons for their suppression.Oblong 4to.; black-and-white photographs; tan cloth over boards, stamped in white; printed white label on spine.Edition of 1000 copies.
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