Eudora Welty Photographer and Writer From the Smithsonian

Eudora Welty Photographer and Writer

From the Smithsonian �The pictures, made in Mississippi in the early to mid 1930 s, show the rural poor and convey the want and worry of the Great Depression. But more than that, they show the photographer's wide-ranging curiosity and unstinting empathy—which would mark her work as a writer, too. Read more: http: //www. smithsonianmag. com/artsculture/The-Writers-Eye. html#ixzz 2 RHx 4 y. K 7 v Follow us: @Smithsonian. Mag on Twitter

The Photo’s Significance �"While white people in a Deep South state like Mississippi were surrounded by blacks at the time. . . they were socially invisible, " the television journalist and author Robert Mac. Neil, a longtime friend of Welty's, said in an interview during a recent symposium on her work at the Museum of the City of New York. "In a way, these two decades before the civil rights movement began, these photographs of black people give us insight into a personality who saw the humanity of these people before we began officially to recognize them. " Read more: http: //www. smithsonianmag. com/artsculture/The-Writers-Eye. html#ixzz 2 RHx. Ld 5 UP Follow us: @Smithsonian. Mag on Twitter

Do Now �Pick one of the following photos. �In your journal, write analysis of the photo. �Focus: In what way does your photo convey life during the Great Depression, and why do you think these photos represent the Southern Gothic movement? �Also, how do these photos show an EMPATHY for the human condition?

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