Aimée de Jongh

"Days of Sand-Part 1" by Aimee de Jongh is Historical Fiction Graphic Novel. It tells the story of 22 years old John Clark, a photographer. On October 24, 1929, the Stock Market Crashed sending the US into the Great Depression, where thousands lost their jobs, homes, and even their minds. John Clark was a lucky man who obtained a job as a photographer, with a photo agency that works with the US Government. His assignment is to travel to the Mid West to take photographs "Dust Bowl Life." Years of droughts and farmers reusing of the same land over and over again, caused the ground to become dust and the winds carried the dust for miles and miles causing towns to be become dark during the day. John meets both people who are appreciate that the Government will see what is going on & for any help, but at the same they also feel like models in a play.

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Here's a case of the author choosing the least interesting character in the book to be the narrator. John Clark, 22 years old, is hired by the U.S. government during the Great Depression to travel from New York City to Oklahoma in order to photograph the effects the Dust Bowl is having on the countryside and the people living there. Like the Dutch author, he's an outsider looking in. Clark uses the suffering of others to work through his daddy issues and the ethics of candid vs. staged photography for the purpose of propaganda. So, you know, good for him.

Nice art, and full-page reprints of real photographs taken during the Dust Bowl by the likes of Dorothea Lange and Arthur Rothstein are included.… (more)