Jack Delano (born Jacob Ovcharov; August 1, 1914 – August 12, 1997) was a Ukrainian immigrant who became an accomplished photographer for the

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, and most notably, the

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(FSA). He wore many hats as he also was a

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known for his use of Puerto Rican folk material, started a television production company, and was a cartoonist, poet, moviemaker, professor, and architectural designer.

Early life

Delano was born Jacob Ovcharov (

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: Яков Овчаров) to a Jewish family in Voroshilovka,

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(now Vorošýlivka,

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). Delano, along with his parents and younger brother, emigrated to the United States in 1923. The family arrived in New York on July 5, 1923 on the SS ''Homeric'', and settled in

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, soon after. Between 1924 and 1932 Delano studied graphic arts/photography and music (

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and

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) as a scholarship student at the Settlement Music School. After graduating high school he attended the

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, on which he chose to travel to

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, where he bought a

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that got him interested in photography.

Career

Farm Security Administration

After graduating from the PAFA, Delano found it difficult to secure a career in painting, illustrating, or music, so he decided to look into a photography program he had heard about through the

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(FAP). He had moved to New York and had been freelancing as a photographer at the time, and decided to propose a photographic project to the FAP.: a study of mining conditions in the Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania,

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area. Delano sent sample pictures to

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and applied for a job at the

Photography Program. Through the help of

Edwin Rosskam Louise Rosskam (born Louise Rosenbaum) (March 27, 1910 – April 1, 2003) was a photographer for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the Standard Oil Company during the mid-20th century. Together with her husband, Edwin Rosskam (1903� ...

and

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, Stryker offered Delano a job at $2,300/year in 1940. As a condition of the job, Delano had to have his own car and driver's license, both of which he acquired before moving to Washington, D.C. Before working at the FSA, Delano had done his own processing and developing but did neither at the FSA. The FSA was created under the

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administration under the

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as a means to support small farmers and help restore the communities most affected by the depression. Many noteworthy photographers worked for the FSA until it was eliminated as "budget waste" in 1943 (including Charlotte Brooks,

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Walker Evans Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression. Much of Evans' work from ...

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, Russell Lee,

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, and

), but Delano’s work continually differed greatly from his colleagues. He generally focused more on cultural and social patterns of regions rather than focusing solely on the people and landscape.

World War II

By the time the United States entered

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, Delano completed a number of photo essays on industry in America preparing for the war. He was then drafted into the

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and served in the South Pacific from 1943 to 1946. Throughout his time in the military he continued documenting his experience via films and photographs, many of which remain classified to this day. He came home a captain and was determined to move to Puerto Rico with his wife, Irene (a second cousin to fellow photographer

), a land both of them had fallen in love with.

Move to Puerto Rico

Delano traveled to Puerto Rico in 1941 as a part of the FSA project. He was meant to spend a few days there on his way to the Virgin Islands, but his trip turned in to a few months due to the US declaring war after the

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. This trip had such a profound influence on him that he settled there permanently in 1946. He mentioned being both fascinated and disturbed by the conditions he saw on the island, that he had never seen such intense poverty or met such kind people. He became well known, well loved, and highly regarded on the island. There were few Puerto Ricans who did not know who he was, or interact with his work (illustrations, cartoons, movies, movies, musicals, etc.) in some way on a day-to-day basis. With his wife he worked in the Community Division of the Department of Public Education producing films, for many of which Delano composed the score. Delano also directed ''Los Peloteros'', a Puerto Rican film about poor rural kids and their love for baseball. The film remains a classic in Puerto Rican cinema.

Photography

Delano's photography was highly regarded, not only for his unconventional subjects and locations, but because of his unconventional use of scale and proportion. This dramatically differentiated him from other FSA photographers. He used these techniques to dramatize the subject's presence and better underline the strength and character of the individual. He often took photos of the unsafe or poor conditions many individuals were living and working in. He used his photography to highlight the important of the "average" person as well as expose the conditions many of them were working in, in both the coal mines and Puerto Rico.

Musical works

Delano's musical compositions included works of every type: orchestral (many composed for the

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), ballets (composed for Ballet Infantil de Gilda Navarra and Ballets de San Juan), chamber, choral (including Pétalo de rosa, a commission for Coro de Niños de San Juan) and solo vocal. His vocal music often showcases Puerto Rican poetry, especially the words of friend and collaborator Tomás Blanco. Blanco, Délano and his wife Irene collaborated on children's books. The most prominent of these remains a classic in Puerto Rican literature: The Child's Gift: A Twelfth Night Tale by Tomás Blanco, with illustrations by Irene Delano and incidental music (written on the margins) by Jack Delano. His score for the film ''Desde las nubes'' demonstrates an early use of electronic techniques. Most of his works composed after he moved to Puerto Rico are notable for using folk material in a classical form.

Public television

Delano and two of his friends from the FSA, Edwin and Louise Rosskam, helped to create the Cinema and Graphics Unit (CGU, now known as the Division of Community Education) of the Commission of Parks and Recreation when asked by the governor to create a platform that would use film and graphics to improve education in rural areas. In 1957, they then founded Puerto Rico's first publicly funded educational television station, WIPR where Jack also acted as a station producer, composer, and program director. This started Jack's slow move away from photography and into creating in other areas. WIPR produced many notable programs, including “Puerto Rico: Workshop for the Americas” in 1961 which shed a light on the importance of Puerto Rican development to the Americas, touched on the difference between Cuba (under

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) and Puerto Rico and how peaceful the island is, and even secured an exclusive interview with Puerto Rican governor

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Selected compositions

; Orchestral * ''Ofrenda Musical'' (Musical Offering) for viola, horn and string orchestra (1959) * ''El sabio Doctor Mambú'', Ballet for children (1962); libretto by the composer * ''Concertino classico'' for C trumpet and small orchestra (1968) * Sinfonietta for string orchestra (1983) ; Chamber and instrumental music * Sonata in A minor for viola and piano (1953) * Sonata for violin solo (1960) * Sonatina for flute and piano (1965) * String Quartet (1984) * ''Tres preludios'' (3 Preludes) for piano (1985) * "Aves" -10 piezas breves para piano (Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 1987); Vocal * ''Esta luna es mía'' for soprano solo, female chorus and piano (1962); words by José P.H. Hernández * ''Me voy a Ponce'' for mixed chorus (1965); words by José Agustín Balseiro * ''Tres cancioncitas del mar'' for medium voice and piano (1969); words by Nimia Vicéns, Ester Feliciano Mendoza and Carmelina Vizcarrondo * ''Cuatro sones de la tierra'' for voice and piano (1974); words by Tomás Blanco * ''Pétalo de rosa'', Suite for a cappella children's choir (1993); written for the

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; Film scores * ''Los Peloteros'' (1953) ; Discography * ''Al menos cantos'' (2022), released by Lexicon Classics, showcases 16 songs by Jack Délano, featuring mezzo-soprano Laura Virella, pianist Alla Milchtein and cellist

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Gallery

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"Northern" H-class steam locomotives,

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Death

Jack Delano died on August 12, 1997 at age 83. He was buried at the Capital Municipal Cemetery in

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References

Bibliography

* H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie (eds), ''New Grove Dictionary of American Music,'' (London: Macmillan Press, 1986), volume 1, p 595. * ''Composers of the Americas: biographical data and catalogs of their works,'' (Washington: Secretaría General, Organización de los Estados Americanos), volume 19, pp 22–27.

External links

*
Interview
of Jack & Irene Delano by Richard Doud of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution (June 12, 1965)
Photography of Jack Delano

exhibit featuring color photographs by Delano and others.
Handpicked selection of photographs at Shorpy

Web page on Delano's 1940 photograph ''Miner at Dougherty's Mine, Near Falls Creek, Pennsylvania'' (click on picture for larger image)
Portrait of an Artist: Jack Délano
by Francisco J. Cabán-Vales, Musiké
Cuatro sones de la tierra
by mezzo-soprano Laura Virella and pianist Nathaniel LaNasa {{DEFAULTSORT:Delano, Jack 1914 births 1997 deaths 20th-century American photographers American classical violists American male classical composers American classical composers American film score composers American male film score composers Puerto Rican music Soviet emigrants to the United States People from Vinnytsia Oblast Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni Puerto Rican people of Russian descent United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II 20th-century classical composers 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians American people of Ukrainian descent 20th-century violists