"They had Five-Year plans. We had the New Deal. They had the White Sea Canal. We had the Boulder Dam. They had forced collectivization. We had dust bowls. They had state-sponsored Socialist Realist photography. We had the photographic realism of the Farm Security Administration. They had Alexander Rodchenko, Boris Ignatovich, Elizar Langman and Arkady Shaikhet. We had Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Ben Shahn and Walker Evans." [link] [add a comment]