Topic: Ben Shahn, Guitar player and acquaintances Circleville Ohio 1938

[Mr.OMuck]

Ben Shahn, Guitar player and acquaintances Circleville Ohio 1938

[TenBrook]

Thanks for sharing OMuck. That's a great photo.

I have one of Ben Shahn's photos of Samantha Bumgarner on my wall (https://www.loc.gov/item/2017730923/). One of my good friends who is a big fan of Shahn's art (but was unaware of his photography) was over at the house and I asked him to guess who took the photo. He had no guesses and when I told him it was Shahn he declared he never could have guessed.

Shahn was one of my favorite artists back in my early art school days. It was a nice "circles within circles" moment when I got into the music of Samantha Bumgarner and then discovered the connection between her and Shahn.

[jostber]

Thanks for posting. More Ben Shahn photos set in reference to their context and time are in this book:

UI Press | Rich Remsberg | Hard Luck Blues: Roots Music Photographs from the Great Depression

https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/76qfd9pr9780252035241.html

Rich Remsberg: Hard Luck Blues: Roots Music from the Great Depression Webcast | Library of Congress

https://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5040

and this:

UI Press | John Raeburn | Ben Shahn's American Scene: Photographs, 1938

https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/63qwx6pe9780252035302.html