Tomato packers recess, Copiah County, 1936

“Tomato packers recess, Copiah County, 1936,” Photographs, p. 31, with the gracious permission of the Eudora Welty Foundation As well as any photo I know, Eudora Welty here embodies music in sight. She has caught a moment of music as it ripples through these men. The music swirls around and through...

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Published inTransatlantica Vol. 2
Main Author Mazzari, Louis
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Association française d'Etudes Américaines (AFEA) 01.02.2010
Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
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Summary:“Tomato packers recess, Copiah County, 1936,” Photographs, p. 31, with the gracious permission of the Eudora Welty Foundation As well as any photo I know, Eudora Welty here embodies music in sight. She has caught a moment of music as it ripples through these men. The music swirls around and through the casual grace of its listeners’ lounging the way a clothesline of billowing laundry captures the shape of the wind. There’s a magic tension in the composition. The relaxed throw of these bodies ...
ISSN:1765-2766
DOI:10.4000/transatlantica.4562