The art of the reject pile

A new book gives life to Depression-era negatives that were deemed unworthy of publishing

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Mr. Tronson, farmer near Wheelock, North Dakota. 1937.
(Image credit: (Dorothea Lange/Library of Congress)At the helm of this massive project, which lasted from 1935 to 1944, was Roy E. Stryker, an economist and photographer. Stryker's task was monumental — hir)

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(Image credit: (John Vachon/Library of Congress)In his new book, Ground: A Reprise of Photographs from the Farm Security Administration (Daylight Books), McDowell resurrects the FSA's killed negatives, tran)

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(Image credit: (John Vachon/Library of Congress)**For more about Ground, check Daylight Books.**)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.