Jack Delano
Russian Empire-born Ukrainian photographer · United States · On the map · Artists · Lived 1914 to 1997 · aged 83
Jack Delano was a Russian Empire-born Ukrainian photographer, filmmaker, and composer, who spent much of his life in Puerto Rico. In the United States, he worked for the Works Progress Administration, United Fund, and most notably, the Farm Security Administration (FSA).
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Delano captured a roundhouse at the Chicago railyards in 1942 for the Farm Security Administration Photography Program
Farmer in Puerto Rico for the FSA
Malaria poster in small hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Jack Delano, December, 1941.
Marcella Hart, mother of three children, employed as a wiper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa
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He wore many hats as he also was a composer known for his use of Puerto Rican folk material, started a television production company, and was a cartoonist, poet, professor, and architectural designer.
