Man, Tenancingo

1932–1935

Lives in Mexico and works on the film “Redes”

Strand lives in Mexico and works on “Redes” (1936), a film commissioned by the Mexican government and released in the United States as “The Wave”.

1933

Divorces Rebecca Salsbury

His marriage to the painter Rebecca Salsbury, begun in 1922, ends in divorce. Strand had photographed her often, sometimes in unusually intimate, tightly cropped compositions.

1933–1952

Nearly twenty years without a darkroom of his own

From 1933 to 1952 Strand has no darkroom of his own and uses other people’s.

1936

Helps found the Photo League

Strand is one of the founders of the Photo League, a cooperative of photographers that between 1936 and 1951 campaigned for social reform and for using art to promote social and political causes. He and Elizabeth McCausland were particularly active in it, he himself something of an elder statesman; Ansel Adams and Nancy Newhall also contributed to the League’s publication, Photo News.

1936

Marries Virginia Stevens

Having met Virginia Stevens after his divorce from his first wife, Strand marries her; the marriage will last until 1950.