Dorothea Lange: A Visual Life
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Photography & Video
Dorothea Lange: A Visual Life Details
Essays examine the life and work of the photographer who captured American history during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s
Reviews
I very much enjoyed the choice of photographs that were included in this book: the trinity of "Migrant Mother", "Pledge of Allegiance", and "White Angel Breadline", along with other photographs that showed the range across time, space and subjects that formed the body of Lange's work. My only gripe with the photographs was the narrow crop used for "Pledge of Allegiance"; I much prefer the wider aspect ratio the Getty chose for their print.The essays were mostly quite insightful, particularly the ones by people who knew her, the editor Partridge, her son Daniel Dixon, and Ansel Adams. I didn't get as much out of the essay by Sally Stein.Overall this is a great book and the best I've seen to date on Lange's life and work.