Dorothea Lange

Description

Dorothea Lange (1895–1965) was a highly acclaimed social realist photographer who recorded one of the most important historical periods in American social history. In 1935, tired of studio portraiture, she began working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), and created many of the images that define the Depression and the disastrous migration of farming families to the West in the popular imagination. This monograph is a concise introduction to her work, with an essay, 55 photographs and picture-by-picture commentaries.

Mark Durden is a writer, artist and lecturer. He has written extensively on photography and contemporary art and co-authored the book Variable Capital (2007). He is also part of the artists’ group ‘Common Culture’, and currently Professor of Photography at University of Wales, Newport.
‘Lange’s work defines an era of destitution and drought, and still resonates even now. This is the perfect introduction to one of the world’s greatest photojournalists.
Practical Photography‘Lange was the first woman to be awarded the Guggenheim Photography Fellowship and this book showcases her most famous work, an arresting 55-picture, chronologically ordered documentation of the lives of migrant workers during the Great Depression.’
The Independent

Additional information

Dimensions	0.5 × 5.75 × 6.5 in
Series	55s
Imprint	Phaidon Press
Format	General Trade
ISBN-13	09780714863573
ISBN-10	0714863572
Author	Mark Durden
Audience	General / adult