Friday, August 07, 2009

Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange by Elizabeth Partridge


This touching and poignant book of photographs by Dorothea Lange illustrates how she became the link between magazine readers and poorer folks in Depression era breadlines and migrant camps. The book includes her famous photographs and quotes by her, as well.

Dorothea Lange took pictures in the 1920's - 1940's that made people's problems real to others when they saw them in magazines. What are some ways that people bring attention to causes and problems today? If Dorothea were taking pictures today, where would she publish them for people to see and why would she choose those places?

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