Dorothea Lange Author:Mark Durden A Beautiful Collection Featuring the Groundbreaking Work ofthe Legendary Female Photojournalist.American photographer Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) was an overtly politicalphotographer, who used her camera to capture an era of social change andstruggle in America.Her iconic photographs document the intensity ofhuman life and the power of human emot... more »ion.Lange's impact onphotojournalism can still be felt today.DOROTHEA LANGEby Mark Durden, is an illustrated overview of the work ofthis legendary photographer.This book documents the development of herphotography from the mid-thirties to early forties through a chronologicalsequence of 55 black and white images with accompanying text offeringinsight into her emotionally and politically-charged work. Tired of studio portraiture, Lange began working for the Farm SecurityAdministration in 1935, where she created many of the photographs thatdefine the Depression and Western migration of farming families in thepopular imagination.Included in this collection of photographic essays isone of the most iconic images of the twentieth century--the Migrant Mother,also known as Migrant Madonna, taken in California in 1936.DOROTHEA LANGE provides an elegantly produced introduction to the acclaimedsocial realist photographer, whose photographs continue to serve as apowerful testament to the trials and depths of humanity.« less