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Dorothea Lange: The Heart and Mind of a Photographer
Brings together definitive works by the noted documentary photojournalist who created "Migrant Mother," in a photographic collection that is culled from her archives at the Oakland Museum and highlights such subjects as the Great Depression, migrant workers, and sharecroppers. 10,000 first printing.
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264 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 2002
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January 24, 2015
I took this inter-library loan book back to the library today. I shouldn't review it since I only looked at the pictures and didn't read the book. It was a huge, heavy, oversized book. I read in bed at night and this book was just too heavy to hold up and read. I did look at all the photographs, which spanned Dorothea's career as a photographer.
The photos in this volume were all intriguing and represented the changes in not only Dorothea, but the world around her. She seemed compelled to show the effects of hardship in peoples lives. In her later years, she traveled to Ireland and Vietnam and even though there were some heartwrenching photos, none could be so widely identified with as her Migrant Mother series. I wonder if Dorothea felt some disappointment at achieving such fame during the depression and not capturing another photo that became as well known as Migrant Mother.
It's very hard to point a camera at someone randomly and not have their expression change as they react to being photographed. Dorothea was able to do that. I'm always inspired after looking at her photos.
The photos in this volume were all intriguing and represented the changes in not only Dorothea, but the world around her. She seemed compelled to show the effects of hardship in peoples lives. In her later years, she traveled to Ireland and Vietnam and even though there were some heartwrenching photos, none could be so widely identified with as her Migrant Mother series. I wonder if Dorothea felt some disappointment at achieving such fame during the depression and not capturing another photo that became as well known as Migrant Mother.
It's very hard to point a camera at someone randomly and not have their expression change as they react to being photographed. Dorothea was able to do that. I'm always inspired after looking at her photos.
November 30, 2008
Dorothea Lange is famous for her photograph portraits of the Depression Era. I could look at them all day. I revisited her because Annie Leibovitz said Lange influenced her own work. When looking at Leibovitz and Lange side-by-side you can distinctly see the influence.
January 25, 2010
Mostly I enjoyed seeing the broader range of Dorothea Lange's photography in this book. Getting to learn about her life and history was just a bonus.
March 5, 2014
Every image is stunning
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