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]
Portrait of a Decade: Roy Stryker and the Development of Documentary Photography in the Thirties1972 · Louisiana State University Press · book · EnglishAlso published by Da Capo Press in 1977.
Russell Lee: Photographer1978 · Morgan and Morgan, Inc. · book · English
Marion Post Wolcott: A Photographic Journey1989 · University of New Mexico Press · book · English
