Dorothea Lange - Couverture rigide

Durden, Mark

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0714863572 ISBN 13 : 9780714863573

Editeur : Phaidon Press Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) was a highly acclaimed social realist photographer who recorded one of the most important historical periods in American social history. In 1935, tired of studio portraiture, she began working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), and created many of the images that define the Depression and the disastrous migration of farming families to the West in the popular imagination. This monograph is a concise introduction to her work, with an essay, 55 photographs and picture-by-picture commentaries.

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Dorothea Lange (1895–1965) is one of the most famous American documentary photographers of all time, best known for her body of work depicting migrant workers during the Great Depression of the late 1920s and 1930s. Presents fifty-five of her finest photographs in chronological order, including her most well-known works as well as lesser-known examples. An introductory essay places Lange’s work. in its historical context and a picture-by-picture commentary offers insight into individual works. Another addition to this popular pocket-sized hardback series.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Phaidon Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0714863572
• ISBN 13: 9780714863573
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128