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Photographers also benefited from federal arts programs. The Resettlement and Farm Security Administration (FSA) sought to document the plight of America’s farmers. Roosevelt’s top aide, Rexford Tugwell, told the head of the FSA, “Show the city people what it’s like to live on the farm.” Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange were among the FSA photographers who created powerful images of impoverished farmers and migrant workers, including Lange’s famous photo “Migrant Mother.”