Dorothea Lange: Migrant Mother: MoMA One on One Series Contributor(s): Lange, Dorothea (Photographer), Meister, Sarah Hermanson (Text by (Art, Photo Books)) |
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ISBN: 163345066X ISBN-13: 9781633450660 Publisher: Museum of Modern Art OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Photography | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General - Photography | Individual Photographers - Artists' Books |
Dewey: 779.092 |
LCCN: 2018945655 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7.2" W x 8.9" (0.45 lbs) 48 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The US was in the midst of the Depression when Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) began documenting its impact through depictions of unemployed men on the streets of San Francisco. Her success won the attention of Roosevelt's Resettlement Administration (later the Farm Security Administration), and in 1935 she started photographing the rural poor under its auspices. One day in Nipomo, California, Lange recalled, she "saw and approached a] hungry and desperate mother, as if drawn by a magnet." The woman's name was Florence Owens Thompson, and the result of their encounter was seven exposures, including Migrant Mother. Curator Sarah Meister's essay provides a fresh context for this iconic work. |