Main entry:

Spirn, Anne Whiston, 1947- author.

Title & Author:

Daring to look : Dorothea Lange's photographs and reports from the field / Anne Whiston Spirn.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
©2008.

Description:

xvi, 359 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-334) and index.
Dorothea Lange and the art of discovery / Anne Whiston Spirn -- Photographs and reports from the field, 1939 / Dorothea Lange -- California (January to May) -- The highway -- The farm factory -- North Carolina (July) -- The farmers, black and white -- Pacific Northwest (August to October) -- The migrant life -- The government and the farmers -- The cutover land -- The irrigated desert -- Then and now / Anne Whiston Spirn.
Association of American Publishers PROSE Award, 2008.

Summary:

This volume presents never-before-published photos and captions from American documentary photographer and photojournalist Dorothea Lange's (1895-1965) fieldwork in California, the Pacific Northwest, and North Carolina during 1939. Best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), Lange's photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography. Lange's images of squatter camps, benighted farmers, and stark landscapes are stunning, and her captions -- which range from simple explanations of settings to historical notes and biographical sketches -- add unexpected depth, bringing her subjects and their struggles unforgettably to life, often in their own words.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9780226769844 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226769844 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226769851 (pbk.)
0226769852 (pbk.)

Subject:

Lange, Dorothea.
Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965 Critique et interprétation.
Lange, Dorothea 1895-1965
Lange, Dorothea Photographin.
Agricultural laborers United States Pictorial works.
Depressions 1929 United States Pictorial works.
Travailleurs agricoles États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Crises économiques 1929 États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
rural sociology.
rural housing.
small farms.
peasantry.
photography.
Agricultural laborers
Depressions
Economic history
Landarbeiter
Schwarzweißfotografie
Fotografer Förenta staterna 1900-talet.
Kvinnliga fotografer Förenta staterna 1900-talet.
Lantarbetare Förenta staterna 1930-talet bildverk.
United States Economic conditions 1918-1945 Pictorial works.
États-Unis Conditions économiques 1918-1945 Ouvrages illustrés.
United States
USA

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Lange, Dorothea, photographer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257473
Call No.: BIB 187970
Status: Available