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Jack Delano
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Unidentified photographer, 1943 (ca), Jack Delano, Gelatin silver print, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/1669
Jack Delano

Born: Jacob Ovcharov

Born: 1914, 1 August - Russia, Ukraine, Kiev
Died: 1997 - Puerto Rico
Gender: Male
Active: US / Puerto Rico
 
Socially committed documentary photographer who worked for the FSA (Farm Security Administration) in the USA and later settled in Puerto Rico.

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John Collier, 1942, September, Washington, D.C. Portrait of Jack Delano, Office of War Information photographer, Black and white negative, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/47453
Image: LL/47453
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Unidentified photographer, 1943 (ca), Jack Delano, Gelatin silver print, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/1669
Image: LL/1669
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Jack Delano (born Yakov Ovcharov, Ukrainian: Яков Овчаров, romanized: Yakov Ovcharov; August 1, 1914 - August 14, 1997) was a Russian Empire-born Ukrainian photographer, filmmaker, and composer, who spent much of his life in Puerto Rico. In the United States, he worked for the Works Progress Administration, United Fund, and most notably, the Farm Security Administration (FSA). He wore many hats as he also was a composer known for his use of Puerto Rican folk material, started a television production company, and was a cartoonist, poet, professor, and architectural designer.
 

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