Farm Security Administration. A Vision Shared. A Classic Portrait of America and Its People, 1935-1943.

St. Martin's, 1976. By Hank O'Neal with Bernarda Shahn (Foreword) and Paul S. Taylor (Afterword).  1st edition, very fine with very fine dust jacket. Includes photographs by photographers such as Arthur Rothstein, Theodore Jung, Ben Shahn, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Carl Mydans, Russell Lee, Marion Post Wolcott, Jack Delano, and John Collier. From the estate of documentary photographer Sol Libsohn but his prior ownership is not marked in any way.  Heavy, large book. Summary:

A Vision Shared: A Classic Portrait of America and Its People, 1935–1943 (1976), compiled and edited by photographer and author Hank O'Neal (with contributions by Bernarda Shahn and Paul S. Taylor), is a landmark photographic anthology celebrating the monumental documentary effort of the Farm Security Administration (FSA).

Key Details & Summary

• Scope & Concept: Gathers a curated selection of black-and-white masterworks created by the 11 principal photographers employed by the FSA and Office of War Information (OWI) under Roy Stryker between 1935 and 1943.

• Photographer Collaboration: Unique among FSA surveys, O'Neal worked directly with the surviving photographers—John Collier, Jack Delano, Walker Evans, Theo Jung, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Carl Mydans, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, John Vachon, and Marion Post Wolcott (or their estates)—inviting them to select their own best work and contribute personal commentary.

• Geographic & Social Breadth: Presents a broad national cross-section that extends beyond Dust Bowl rural poverty into urban centers, industrial labor, racial dynamics, small-town life, and home-front mobilization across the United States.

• Critical & Historical Impact: Named one of the most important photobooks of the decade upon its original release, the volume was instrumental in reigniting public and academic recognition of the FSA photography project as a high watermark of American documentary art.