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This is a chronicle of a life in photography. Detailing the adventures of Dorthea Lange, the book raises questions about the uses and effectiveness of the medium and examines her images of anxious mothers and hungry infants and sullen men waiting in long city breadlines.

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It is one of the glories of Milton Meltzer's superb life of Lange . . . that his innate reporting skill and honesty forbade him to gloss over the complexities and conflicts. As Meltzer develops his richly detailed study, the adventures of Dorothea Lange become as compelling as the unforgettable images she photographed-the anxious mothers surrounded by hungry infants, the sullen, staring men waiting in long city breadlines, the worn, dispirited farmers. Meltzer's book is significant both because it chronicles a life in photography in rare detail and because it raises questions about the uses and effectiveness of the medium. Meltzer's book makes clear how art and life can feed on or devour each other.

Dorothea Lange

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      Publisher: MP-SYR Syracuse University P
      Publication Date: 2/28/2000 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780815606222, 978-0815606222
      ISBN10: 0815606222
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a chronicle of a life in photography. Detailing the adventures of Dorthea Lange, the book raises questions about the uses and effectiveness of the medium and examines her images of anxious mothers and hungry infants and sullen men waiting in long city breadlines.

      Trade Review
      It is one of the glories of Milton Meltzer's superb life of Lange . . . that his innate reporting skill and honesty forbade him to gloss over the complexities and conflicts. As Meltzer develops his richly detailed study, the adventures of Dorothea Lange become as compelling as the unforgettable images she photographed-the anxious mothers surrounded by hungry infants, the sullen, staring men waiting in long city breadlines, the worn, dispirited farmers. Meltzer's book is significant both because it chronicles a life in photography in rare detail and because it raises questions about the uses and effectiveness of the medium. Meltzer's book makes clear how art and life can feed on or devour each other.

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