Dorothea Lange : a life beyond limits / Linda Gordon.

Author/creator Gordon, Linda
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2009.
Descriptionxxiii, 536 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Lange, Dorothea.
Photographers--United States. --Biography.
Documentary photography--United States. --History. --20th century.
United States--Social life and customs. --20th century. --Pictorial works.

Contents "A camera is a tool for learning how to see--" -- Hoboken and San Francisco, 1895-1931. Child of iron, wounded ; Apprentice to the city ; Becoming a photographer ; Maynard Dixon, Bohemian artist ; Working mother in Bohemia -- Depression and renewal, 1932-1935. Leaving the children, leaving the studio ; A New Deal for artists ; Paul Schuster Taylor, maverick economist ; The romance of love, the romance of the cause ; Blending a family -- Creating documentary photography, 1935-1939. Father Stryker and the beloved community ; On the road : California ; Migrant Mother ; On the road : the Dust Bowl ; On the road : the South ; An American Exodus ; Dorothea and Roy -- Wartime, 1939-1945. Family stress ; Defiant war photography : the Japanese internment ; Unruly war photography : the Office of War Information and Defense Workers -- Independent photographer, 1945-1965. Surviving in the cold ; Working for Life ; Diplomat's wife ; To a cabin ; Photographer of democracy -- Lange's photograph captions.
Abstract Dorothea Lange's photographs define how the American Depression is remembered; this evocative biography defines her creative struggles and enduring legacy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009019639
ISBN9780393057300 (hardcover)
ISBN0393057305 (hardcover)

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Joyner General Stacks TR140.L3 G67 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold