Your Government at Work: Documerica Chronicles 1970s America

David Becker · Jul 24, 2013


The mandate for Documerica was intriguingly broad — “photographically document subjects of environmental concern” — and photographers responded with striking images covering everything from pot-smoking form to toxic smog.

The Environmental Protection Agency launched the Documerica project in 1971 as a way to assess the environmental state of the nation. For five years, more than 70 photographers went around the country capturing our grand mess of national character: greased-pig contests, “no gas” signs, sewage plants, coal miners at work, Jesse Jackson preaching up a storm.



“Smog Hangs Over Louisville And Ohio River, September 1972,” by William Strode




“Michigan Avenue, Chicago” (couple on street),” by Perry Riddle



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