Yesterday I chose to highlight one of my favorite photographers, Ed Weston, and today I thought I’d follow him up with one my other top-rated photographers, Dorothea Lange. Dorothea Lange was one of the best photojournalist, and I believe her ability to show people in their truest form (not posing or hiding any emotions from the camera) was a key part in the foundation of true photojournalism.
Her work during the Great Depression, in capturing what was really happening to people as they lost everything, is just amazing. She captured the people she was photographing in such a way, that when viewed, you knew their pain and suffering was real and you connected with them. She recorded one of the most emotional and tragic times during American history – the internment of Japanese citizens during World War II. Without her work, that part of our history might have been lost.
Many museums have her work included in their photography selections (she was quite prolific in her work), including locally: SF-MoMA, De Young, and the Oakland Museum of California (which has the largest Dorothea Lange collection – 6,000+ prints!)
Wikipedia
Oakland Museum of California
Library of Congress
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