Documerica

Heavy smog in Los Angeles, 1973, Gene Daniels

Documerica (portmanteau of "document" and "America"; stylized in all caps) was a program sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to "photographically document subjects of environmental concern" in the United States from about 1972 to 1977.[1][2][3] The collection, now at the National Archives, contains over 22,000 photographs,[4] more than 15,000 of which are available online.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, 1972 - 1977". National Archives Catalog. Archived from the original on May 12, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  2. ^ Ruiz, Matthew Ismael (March 7, 2013). "Searching for the Seventies: The Documerica Photography Project A new gallery show explores some amazing American documentary photography". Popular Photography. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Kathke, Torsten (February 17, 2017). "Your Photography Is Political". FStoppers. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  4. ^ Rosenberg, David (July 4, 2013). "Searching for the '70s and Finding America". Slate. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
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  6. ^ Taylor, Alan (November 16, 2011). "DOCUMERICA: Images of America in Crisis in the 1970s". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  7. ^ Taylor, Alan (July 22, 2013). "America in the 1970s: New York City (first of five part series)". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 5, 2018.