Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits

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Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits

Listen Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 at 1:32 p.m. in Arts & Culture, Authors, Books, Photography, Society

Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" is one of the most iconic images of the Great Depression. Though she went on to document other powerful moments in American history, including Japanese internment camps during World War II, few know her later work. We'll talk about the life and career of one of America's most influential photojournalists.

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Linda Gordon

Professor of History, New York University; author of "Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits" (Norton), "The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction" (Harvard), and, with "Rosalyn Baxandall, "Dear Sisters: Dispatches from the Women's Liberation Movement" (Basic).

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Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits

Sad mother. Calipatria, CA., 1939 (plate 17).

Photograph by Dorothea Lange, courtesy the Library of Congress.

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Leaning on a Model-T. Marysville, CA. migrant camp, 1935 (plate 27).<div><em>Photograph by Dorothea Lange, courtesy the Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum.</em></div>

Japanese grandfather, Centerville, CA., 1942 (plate 33).<div><em>Photograph by Dorothea Lange, courtesy the National Archives.</em></div>

Angry Cropper. Near Blytheville, AK., 1937 (plate 10).<div><em>Photograph by Dorothea Lange, courtesy the Library of Congress.</em></div>

Migrant Mother. Nipomo, CA., 1946.<div><em>Photograph by Dorothea Lange, courtesy the Library of Congress.</em></div>

Dejected. San Francisco, CA., 1937 (plate 5).<div><em>Photograph by Dorothea Lange, courtesy the Library of Congress.</em></div>

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Hilary Kacser wrote:

Can you please comment on the thesis that, while Lange's photos served tremendous good in bringing attention to plight of these workers, in fact her work was highly staged and manipulative propaganda, rather than documentary.

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