Jack Delano

✶August 1, 1914

†August 12, 1997

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About their life

Jack Delano was a Russian Empire-born Ukrainian photographer, filmmaker, and composer, who spent much of his life in Puerto Rico. In the United States, he worked for the Works Progress Administration, United Fund, and most notably, the Farm Security Administration (FSA). He wore many hats as he also was a composer known for his use of Puerto Rican folk material, started a television production company, and was a cartoonist, poet, professor, and architectural designer.

American photographer, composer (1914–1997)

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Biography from the article Jack Delano on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.