Public Domain Image: Fiddler from Asheville, North Carolina

This cool public domain photograph comes from the Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection in the Library of Congress. It’s an animated portrait of an old time fiddler named Fiddlin’ Bill Hensley, from Asheville, North Carolina.

This photo was shot by Ben Shahn, who was acting as an agent of the United States government. It is therefore in the public domain.

4 megabyte TIFF. Hosted at the Library of Congress.