Daring to Look
Subtitle: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the Field
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: May 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780226769844
Subjects: Individual Photographer; Photojournalism; United States - 20th Century; Photography / Photojournalism; Photography; Photo Techniques
Description: This volume presents never-before-published photos and captions from American documentary photographer and photojournalist Dorothea Lange's (1895-1965) fieldwork in California, the Pacific Northwest, and North Carolina during 1939. Best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), Lange's photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography. Lange's images of squatter camps, benighted farmers, and stark landscapes are stunning, and her captions -- which range from simple explanations of settings to historical notes and biographical sketches -- add unexpected depth, bringing her subjects and their struggles unforgettably to life, often in their own words.