Forrest Jack Hurley
author
F. Jack Hurley is a Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Memphis. He was awarded the Lyndhurst Prize in 1990 for his significant work in American Social and Cultural History. His scholarship focuses on documentary photography and its role in documenting American life during the Great Depression, specifically through the lens of the Farm Security Administration (FSA). He has authored several definitive biographies of prominent photographers, including Russell Lee and Marion Post Wolcott.[1]
- Documentary Photography
- Great Depression
- Farm Security Administration
- American Social History
Books
Works by Forrest Jack Hurley
- 1972 Portrait of a Decade: Roy Stryker and the Development of Documentary Photography in the Thirties Also published by Da Capo Press in 1977.
- 1978 Russell Lee: Photographer
- 1989 Marion Post Wolcott: A Photographic Journey
Awards
- 1990 Lyndhurst Prize
References
- Wright State University link