Daring to look : Dorothea Lange's photographs and reports from the field / Anne Whiston Spirn.

9780226769844 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226769844 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226769851 (pbk.)
0226769852 (pbk.)

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2008.

English

xvi, 359 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

HD1525 .S66 2008

331.7/63097309043

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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-334) and index.

Association of American Publishers PROSE Award, 2008.

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