Dorothea Lange
By: introduction and commentary by Linda Gordon
Contributors: Gordon, Linda
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Aperture masters of photography; Aperture masters of photography
Publisher: Aperture Foundation, Inc., New York. Original edition published 1987. Masters of Photography. Distributed by Artbook/D.A.P., New York.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9781597112956
Subjects: Social life and customs; Artistic Photography; Documentary photography; Pictorial works; History
Description: Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) documented rural poverty for the federal Resettlement Administration and Farm Security Administration from 1935 to 1939. Her powerful images--from migrant workers in California fleeing the "dustbowl," to struggling Southern sharecroppers-- became icons of the era. She later photographed Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II and traveled throughout Europe and Asia. Linda Gordon contributes a new biographical essay and an image-by-image commentary to accompany a newly selected set of photographs. Also include is a chronology of the artist's life.