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Dorothea Lange : words & pictures

Title

Dorothea Lange : words & pictures / Sarah Hermanson Meister ; with contributions by Julie Ault, Kimberly Juanita Brown, River Encalada Bullock, Sam Contis, Jennifer A. Greenhill, Lauren Kroiz, Sally Mann, Sandra S. Phillips, Wendy Red Star, Christina Sharpe, Robert Slifkin, Rebecca Solnit, Tess Taylor.

Author

Meister, Sarah Hermanson

Publication

New York, New York : Museum of Modern Art, [2019]
New York, New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada by ARTBOOK/D.A.P.
©2019

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Description

176 pages : illustrations (some color), color map, facsimiles; 28 cm

Summary

"Dorothea Lange (American, 1895-1965) conveyed the stories of everyday life with sharp and compassionate attention to the human condition. Her career is widely heralded, yet the connection she cultivated between words and pictures has received scant attention. In conjunction with a major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, this catalogue provides a fresh approach to some of her most iconic images, such as White Angel Breadline (1933) and Migrant Mother (1936), as well as rarely seen works. These photographs, some reproduced in their original published form, are accompanied by contributions from a distinguished group of contemporary writers, artists, and critical thinkers who respond to the images with observations both personal and scholarly. By viewing the breadth of Lange's career and the diverse contexts in which her work appeared, we gain a more nuanced understanding of her achievement and her belief that "all photographs can be fortified by words." Includes contributions by Julie Ault, Kimberly Juanita Brown, River Encalada Bullock, Sam Contis, Jennifer A. Greenhill, Lauren Kroiz, Sally Mann, Sandra S. Phillips, Wendy Red Star, Christina Sharpe, Robert Slifkin, Rebecca Solnit, and Tess Taylor."--Publisher description.

Alternative Title

Words & pictures
Words and pictures
Dorothea Lange, words and pictures

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 9-May 2, 2020.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-173).

Language (note)

English.

Contents

Director's foreword / Glenn D. Lowry -- Fortified by words : Dorothea Lange's photographs / Sarah Hermanson Meister -- Plates / introductions by River Encalada Bullock -- San Francisco streets -- Government work / Kimberly Juanita Brown, Lauren Kroiz -- Land of the free / Tess Taylor -- An American exodus / Sandra S. Phillips, Wendy Red Star -- Pictures of words / Jennifer A. Greenhill -- 12 million Black voices / Robert Slifkin -- World War II / Julie Ault, Christina Sharpe -- "Life" -- The family of man -- Public defender / Sally Mann -- Migrant mother/"Popular photography" -- Late work / Rebecca Solnit, Sam Contis -- Checklist of the exhibition -- Selected bibliography -- Contributors -- Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art.

Call Number

JQF 21-509

ISBN

9781633451049
1633451046

LCCN

2019953422

OCLC

1107875422

Author

Meister, Sarah Hermanson, author.

Title

Publisher

New York, New York : Museum of Modern Art, [2019]

Distributor

New York, New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada by ARTBOOK/D.A.P.

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-173).

Language

English.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Lange, Dorothea. Works. Selections.

Ault, Julie, writer of added text.

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 21-509

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