Sekaer worked for a variety of federal agencies in the 1930s and 1940s, such as the Rural Electrification Administration, the Office of War Information, and the Office of Indian Affairs. In doing so, he was able to document the realities of a variety of social and economic circumstances, which in turn generated a broader awareness of them. Furthermore, this donation creates what may be the largest holding of images by Sekaer in an American museum. Taken as a whole, these gifts not only add significantly to the Art Center’s photography holdings, but they coalesce to form a growing representation of the history of photography.   Source: Jan Feb Mar 2017 News