General Merchandise, 1940, Colorized Diné ' Unsurprisingly

' Unsurprisingly

United StatesPhotographer: Balthazar KorabRemaster: Jordan J

allowing the tank to operate in shallow water

standing in the doorway is covering for his brother Ivey who would shortly pass away a few months after this photograph was taken

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General Merchandise, 1940, Colorized Diné ' UnsurprisinglyABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH Throughout June 1940, FSA photographer Russell Lee stayed in Pie Town, New Mexico, documenting everyday life and the community. The photographs, many of them in genuine colour, have become an iconic series of photographs. It continues to astound me how intensely garish and saturated colours are in the 1940s, particularly in the near ubiquitous advertising for tobacco of various kinds. For this photograph, I had something I