1914-1975 US, Saint Paul, Minnesota
A.k.a. John Felix Vachon
American photographer (19 May 1914 in Saint Paul - 20 April 1975 in New York City). He worked as a filing clerk for the Farm Security Administration before Roy Stryker recruited him to join a small group of photographers, including Esther Bubley, Marjory Collins, Mary Post Wolcott, Jack Delano, Arthur Rothstein, Walker Evans, Russell Lee (3), Gordon Parks, Charlotte Brooks, Carl Mydans, Dorothea Lange and Ben Shahn, who were employed to publicize the conditions of the rural poor in America.