Dorothea Lange's photographs define how the American Depression is remembered; this evocative biography defines her creative struggles and enduring legacy.
"Catalogue for exhibition of the same name at The Museum of Modern Art, New York"--
After Bateson and Mead's book Balinese Character was published in 1942, Lange wrote to one of her protégés, photographer Homer Page: “This I urge you to get from the library and study for this is an attempt to do a very big thing which ...
Dorothea Lange's depression-era photographs became mythic symbols in their time and are exhibited worldwide as standards of classic photography.
This new book was carefully curated by her goddaughter, Elizabeth Partridge, and represents the most comprehensive collection of Lange’s work to date.” —Reader’s Digest.com
It was during the depth of the Great Depression of the late 1920s and 30s, when at least 14 million people were out of work in the USA, that Dorothea...
“An emptier form of telling you about the family I don't know. Communication, zero. ... Author-photographer Margaretta K. Mitchell completed this project as To A Cabin (1973) with Taylor's support. A MOMA retrospective of her work, ...
A scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in the field.
Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) is widely recognized as one of the most eloquent and influential photographers in American history. While she is best known for her powerful images of the Depression...
In 1935, the photographer Dorothea Lange joined Franklin D. Roosevelt's Farm Security Administration project, charged with the task of inventing an iconography that would record and convey the tales of...
Dorothea Lange is chiefly renowned for her social documentary work in the Great Depression of the 1930s.