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Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime (Aperture Monograph) | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Coles
Creators: Therese Heyman, Dorothea Lange
Publisher: Aperture
Category: Book
Buy New: $182.66
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 724796
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 184
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 12.1 x 10 x 0.9
ISBN: 0893816574
Dewey Decimal Number: 770.92
EAN: 9780893816575
ASIN: 0893816574
Publication Date: February 28, 1996
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Product Description
The most comprehensive collection of the photographer's work ever published.
Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime begins with her portraits from the early years, when she was a fashionable studio photographer, and moves into the classic images that established Lange as the preeminent documentary artist of her time: the Depression bread lines and demonstrations, the blighted farms, the migrating farm families, and the makeshift, desolate tent camps. The book concludes with her photographs from the final years, when Lange traveled the globe, finally turning the lens on her children and grandchildren and the familiar objects of her daily life.
In a penetrating critical biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Coles offers an incisive study of Lange's life and work.
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a beautiful collection March 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a beautiful collection of this outstanding photographer's work, with a special emphasis on her Depression-era work. Highly recommended.
Dorothea Lange February 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dorothea Lange: Photographs Of A Lifetime (Aperture Monograph)
Dorothea Lange provides us with a great insight into the human condition and the state of humanity. Her photographs are timeless works of excellence. Anyone interested in photography, history or humanity will find her work compelling.
Photographs of a Lifetime Book January 9, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Interesting book , history in photos with written words. Found it in book store for twice as much. The book store suggested to buy it on line. So glad I did.
 Beautiful Photographic Collection October 14, 2001
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
This anthology is a well-packaged, heart-warmingly first-person annoted retrospective of Lange's career. Enlighening glimpses into Lange's personal point-of view are offered here, showcasing her stark Depression-era WPA migration shots alongside her later vignettes of the American western plains and western coastal dwellers captured in their every day routines. Therein lies this collection's strength and weakness: while her Americana movement captured a rural slice of America which later mediums still struggle to duplicate, that subject matter still did not match the sheer horror and power of her WPA work, which captured the raw strength of the human spirit during life-threatening crises. The diversity of this collection makes it an essential introductory volume, however.
Photographs of a Lifetime May 25, 2001
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I had just recently seen a Lange exhibit when I bought this wonderful book. It starts with an essay on Lange by Robert Coles. Then it moves into her photographs and her own words. Her work is beautiful on its own, but to have the photographs and her philosophy side by side is an enriching experience. The photographs fill the entire book so it's a great read and a nice coffee table book. The images are primarily from her depression photos, but there are also pictures from around the world, her family and her early portraits. I also like that they included photographs of her and her oak trees. Dorothea Lange was a woman with such a unique perspective on life. I feel that this book does an excellent job of presenting her work.
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