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Author:

Gordon, Linda.

Title:

Dorothea Lange : a life beyond limits / Linda Gordon.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xxiii, 536 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Lange, Dorothea.
Photographers--United States--Biography.
Documentary photography--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Pictorial works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Summary:

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

ISBN:

0393057305 (hardcover)
9780393057300 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317919640

LCCN:

2009019639

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)