Dorothea Lange (The Aperture history of photography series)

by Oliva Maria Rubio, Sandra Phillips, Jack Von Euw, et al.

Book Overview

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. This book presents 42 of the greatest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0893810789
• ISBN13: 9780893810788
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Aperture
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Visual masterpiece of americana.

Do you want to learn about American History? Do you want your mind and heart expanded? Do you want to be touched, to be moved to tears? Then buy a copy of this marvelous book of Lange's photographs and let your journey begin. She has the amazing ablility to reveal the very essence of her subject matter - the human spirit. Enjoy!