Author:
Gordon, Linda.
Edition Statement:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.
Descriptionxxiii, 536 p., 40 ps. of plates ; ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:"A camera is a tool for learning how to see--" -- Hoboken and San Francisco, 1895-1931. Child of iron, wounded ; Apprentice to the city ; Becoming a photographer ; Maynard Dixon, Bohemian artist ; Working mother in Bohemia -- Depression and renewal, 1932-1935. Leaving the children, leaving the studio ; A New Deal for artists ; Paul Schuster Taylor, maverick economist ; The romance of love, the romance of the cause ; Blending a family -- Creating documentary photography, 1935-1939. Father Stryker and the beloved community ; On the road : California ; Migrant Mother ; On the road : the Dust Bowl ; On the road : the South ; An American Exodus ; Dorothea and Roy -- Wartime, 1939-1945. Family stress ; Defiant war photography : the Japanese internment ; Unruly war photography : the Office of War Information and Defense Workers -- Independent photographer, 1945-1965. Surviving in the cold ; Working for Life ; Diplomat's wife ; To a cabin ; Photographer of democracy -- Lange's photograph captions.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note: Awards2010 winner of the Bancroft Prize.
