Children of the DepressionDuring the Depression, Roy Emerson Stryker, head of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section, hired some of the best photographers in the United Statesincluding Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, Marion Post Walcott, John Delano, John Vachon, and Arthur Rothsteinto record the state of the country during its direst days. While Stryker made many demands on his photographers, he also gave them a great deal of freedom.