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In honor of the 50th anniversary of #EarthDay

, we're taking a look back at our #DOCUMERICA photographs. https://go.usa.gov/xvRzz

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/552996 #EarthDay50

In honor of the 50th anniversary of #EarthDay , we're taking a look back at our #DOCUMERICA photographs. https://go.usa.gov/xvRzz https://catalog.archives.gov/id/552996 #EarthDay50

In November 1971, the newly created Environmental Protection Agency ( @EPA) announced a massive photodocumentary project to record changes in the American environment.

Burning barge on the Ohio River, May 1972 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/543983 #EarthDay50

In November 1971, the newly created Environmental Protection Agency ( @EPA) announced a massive photodocumentary project to record changes in the American environment. Burning barge on the Ohio River, May 1972 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/543983 #EarthDay50

DOCUMERICA resulted in a collection of more than 20,000 photographs by its conclusion in 1978. These are now part of the @usnatarchives holdings.

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/556607 #EarthDay50

DOCUMERICA resulted in a collection of more than 20,000 photographs by its conclusion in 1978. These are now part of the @usnatarchives holdings. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/556607 #EarthDay50

Each photographer worked in one area of the United States, often where they lived and where many had already been working as professional photojournalists.

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/545607 #EarthDay50

Each photographer worked in one area of the United States, often where they lived and where many had already been working as professional photojournalists. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/545607 #EarthDay50

DOCUMERICA’s photographs colorfully and explicitly illustrate the nation’s problems and struggles with noise, water and air pollution, health problems, and social decay.

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/552956 #EarthDay50

Out of crisis comes opportunity for change, and DOCUMERICA also showed Americans making a difference and creating positive change in their surroundings.

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/552948 #EarthDay50

Learn more about this landmark photography project in our online article "DOCUMERICA: Snapshots of Crisis and Cure in the 1970s"

https://go.usa.gov/xvRzz #EarthDay50

DOCUMERICA

Snapshots of Crisis and Cure in the 1970s Spring 2009, vol. 41, no. 1 By C. Jerry Simmons Enlarge An oil slick surrounds Liberty Island in New York Harbor. This photograph by Charles Higgins is one

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