There, he joined the theatrical group University Players, where Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan and Joshua Logan were also members.

He started his career by documenting federal housing projects, a part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal Program.

[7] 1938 — He was commissioned to photograph the work of nurses in Harlem and the Lower East Side by Henry Street Settlement House.

[6] 1942 — He collaborated with John Steinbeck on an illustrated book, Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team, which documented the training of army cadets.

[6] 1975 — Photographed palaces of the maharajahs in India for the James Ivory book, Autobiography of a Princess[9] John Swope broke the mold of Hollywood's glamour shots when he burst in the scene in 1936.