'Dorothea Lange,' by Linda Gordon Nov 9, 2009
Dorothea Lange,' by Linda Gordon ... Dorothea Lange,' by Linda Gordon ... Dorothea Lange is back in the public eye. (San Francisco Chronicle)
November at the Center for Creative Photography Oct 30, 2009
Prints by some of the greatest portraitists and photographic image-makers of the 19th, 20th, and 21st century are included: Southworth and Hawes, Gertrude Kasebier, Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange, W. Eugene Smith, Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Yousuf Karsh and Richard Avedon. Photo News. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Remains found in Utah not poet Everett Ruess Oct 22, 2009
FILE - In this photo provided by Beecher Films, Everett Ruess poses for famed Depression-Era photographer Dorothea Lange in 1933. (AP Photo/Beecher Films,Dorothea Lange). (Muscatine Journal, IO)
TRUE-LIFE STORY: How the book cover art was chosen Oct 8, 2009
" The final design "In the end, we found a Dorothea Lange photo that captured the feel of a true-life novel. " Posted Updated | | | To report corrections and clarifications, contact Reader Editor . For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to . Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and... (USA Today -- Life)
Through the lens of time Sep 22, 2009
Some of the pictures, by Bourke-White, Edward Weston, and Dorothea Lange, hung in Polaroid founder Edwin Land s library. Sotheby s has chosen 1,300 prints from the collection, valued between $7 million and $11 million, and plans to auction them off next spring. (Boston Globe)
Leaves and pages turn in the fall books preview Sep 7, 2009
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits. by Linda Gordon (Norton). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
BOOK EXCERPT: Dancing in the Dark Aug 30, 2009
Only the pictures of Evans, Dorothea Lange, Ben Shahn, Carl Mydans, Arthur Rothstein, Marion Post Wolcott, Russell Lee, Jack Delano, and other photographers for the Farm Security Administration could compete with Steinbecks story and its peerless film version in offering vivid images of marginal lives during the Depression. In this constellation of works that rounded off the decade, Richard Wrights books occupy a special place, for they brought the Depression home to the cities and... (Slate)
Vince Aletti: David Goldblatt’s “Intersections Intersected,” at the New Museum. Jul 27, 2009
The early work recalls Dorothea Lange and other Depression-era documentarians; the later images (notably a fine series of triptychs) are bigger and cooler but no less engaged, in the style of Paul Graham. Goldblatt juxtaposes these approaches in pairings of old and new work that suggest the many ways a society is warped by injustice. (New Yorker)
Museum opens with similar exhibits May 28, 2009
The first and most obvious has to do, interestingly enough, with another famous photographer: Dorothea Lange, whose iconic photos of migrant workers in the Great Depression captured the attention of the world. Lange was Dixon's second wife. (Fresno Bee)
Remains ID'd of vagabond poet who vanished in '30s May 1, 2009
The facial bones also matched photographs of Ruess taken by Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange a year before he vanished, said Dennis Van Gerven, an anthropologist at the university. Ruess was known for his landscape block prints and was a gifted writer who explored the Southwest over much of four years, writing letters frequently to his family in California. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Pulled out of storage Apr 13, 2009
The FSA employed famous photographers to document the country s struggles and recovery, producing memorable images like Dorothea Lange s Migrant Mother. Berry said museum staff will be placing items into the cabinets through the summer in preparation for a September grand opening event. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Pirkle Jones; photographer depicted migrants, activists Mar 27, 2009
From 1947 to 1953, he worked as an assistant and printmaker to Adams, who brought him into an artistic circle that included Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange, and Minor White ... "I've always thought of my career as a bridge between the classic photography of Ansel Adams and the documentary work of Dorothea Lange," he told Art & Antiques last year. (Boston Globe)
11 Things: Homelessness Feb 20, 2009
Diversity: "A wide range of artists' approaches to expressing their message is explored. From street posters to radical magazines, from graphic novels to WPA print shops and murals, the exhibition features a wide variety of cultural viewpoints, historical perspectives and positions, from photos by Dorothea Lange to artwork pulled from today's various homeless publications." (A.H.). 5. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Escondido exhibit documents 20th century in photographs Feb 12, 2009
Other famous photographers featured in the exhibit include Dorothea Lange, Ervin Marton, Inge Morath, William Clift, Mario Algaze and Jack Spencer. "Name a major photographer from the 20th century, and more than likely, their work is in this collection," she said. (North County Times)
A new New Deal for the arts Feb 8, 2009
Moreover, WPA projects provided enough income to make it possible for many artists to continue careers, making them today's canonized icons, such as Richard Wright, Orson Welles, Aaron Copland, Dorothea Lange and Jackson Pollack. Artists have collaborated with architects, educators and businesses for centuries. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
