Gordon, Linda

Dorothea Lange : A Life Beyond Limits / Linda Gordon. - First edition - xxiii, 536 pages, [40] pages of plates illustrations 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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.

Dorothea Lange's photographs define how the American Depression is remembered; this evocative biography defines her creative struggles and enduring legacy.

9780393057300 (hardcover) 0393057305 (hardcover)

2009019639

GBA974097 bnb

015336692 Uk


Lange, Dorothea


Photographers--United States--Biography
Documentary photography--History--United States--20th century


United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Pictorial works

TR140.L3 / G67 2009

770.92 B 770.92 B