biography of Arthur ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985)

Death place: New Rochelle, NY

Addresses: New Rochelle, NY

Profession: Photographer, teacher

Studied: Columbia Univ.

Exhibited: numerous gallery and museum solos nationwide

Member: Am. Soc. Mag. Photographers (founder)

Work: LOC; IMP/GEH; MoMA; other major collections

Comments: One of the most important WPA photographers, during the Depression he was the first photographer hired by Roy Stryker for the Farm Security Administration. His best known image is "Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma" (1936), which became the most widely published image in books and magazines of that era. Position: Look (staff, 1940; dir. photo., 1969); Parade mag (dir. photo., 1970s-on).

Sources: Witkin & London, 225; PHF files