- Paperback: 122 pages
- Publisher: Puffin Books; Reprint edition (Oct 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0142300241
- ISBN-13: 978-0142300244
- Product Dimensions: 26.1 x 20.7 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 608,043 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Written by Dorothea Lange's goddaughter
Restless Spirit is a history lesson, a biography, and an art exhibit rolled into one--and it's written by someone who knew Dorothea well. For children, Dorothea Lange is fascinating to read about because she was so passionate about her work and about the hard times she lived in. This book covers her life from 1895 to 1965 and includes the Depression, the Japanese American Internment, World War II on the homefront and contains 87 photographs. If you look at the cover of the book, you can get a good idea what Dorothe'a Lange's life was about. It's perfect for history class, for a book report, and best of all, it's a great story of a fascinating life. It also uses lots of quotes that came directly from Dorothea, herself.) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Restless Spirit is a history lesson, a biography, and an art exhibit rolled into one--and it's written by someone who knew Dorothea well. For children, Dorothea Lange is fascinating to read about because she was so passionate about her work and about the hard times she lived in. This book covers her life from 1895 to 1965 and includes the Depression, the Japanese American Internment, World War II on the homefront and contains 87 photographs. If you look at the cover of the book, you can get a good idea what Dorothe'a Lange's life was about. It's perfect for history class, for a book report, and best of all, it's a great story of a fascinating life. It also uses lots of quotes that came directly from Dorothea, herself.) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As I'm doing a City & Guilds course part of which I needed to look at the work of Dorethea Lange this book provides not only an introduction to her images but to the personality behind the camera. It's a good read as well as a collection of fabulous pictures.
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I found this book in Amazon connected to the work of Weegee, another of the great photographers in the 30's of the XX century. She was comissioned by the Goverment to make the real situation of the country known, and achieved it. And that with a personal disadvantage (she had a lame leg), a divorce etc etc.
I knew Lange's work, but didn't know it belonged to her, much less that it was done by a woman when being a woman, a photographer and an morover, an ambulant photographer was an act of sheer madness and revolutionary zeal.
Lange's work, simply mirroring the actual facts of the Great Depresion in the USA, particulary of the poor displaced farmers, is a monument to photography, both technically and as a personal and political compromise with the poor and excluded. One wonders how she could take those photographs of poor, miserable, dirty people and still take some of the beauty in their simple faces, the children, the smiles of carefree kids.
Lange makes her point known: people are poor, they are suffering and deserve help; but without degrading them, with utter respect for them as people and human beings.
The photographs are superb: the light, the selection of characters, the perspective... that black and white of the early XX century pictures. But besides, it is a song to human dignity.
No wonder she is now among the greatest social photographers of all times. One wonders why nobody is making now her kind of job.
I knew Lange's work, but didn't know it belonged to her, much less that it was done by a woman when being a woman, a photographer and an morover, an ambulant photographer was an act of sheer madness and revolutionary zeal.
Lange's work, simply mirroring the actual facts of the Great Depresion in the USA, particulary of the poor displaced farmers, is a monument to photography, both technically and as a personal and political compromise with the poor and excluded. One wonders how she could take those photographs of poor, miserable, dirty people and still take some of the beauty in their simple faces, the children, the smiles of carefree kids.
Lange makes her point known: people are poor, they are suffering and deserve help; but without degrading them, with utter respect for them as people and human beings.
The photographs are superb: the light, the selection of characters, the perspective... that black and white of the early XX century pictures. But besides, it is a song to human dignity.
No wonder she is now among the greatest social photographers of all times. One wonders why nobody is making now her kind of job.
Format:Paperback
I was really disappointed with this book. There arent many good photos in it. It left with me the impression that Dorothea Lange was over-rated as a photographer. I have since bought the Phaidon book, which restored her reputation in my eyes. It is much better.
It is also written on a very basic level - mainly giving biographical facts and superficial comment on her life.
And as it is by Elizabeth Partridge there is also an overemphasis on her father Ron.
Not a great book.
It is also written on a very basic level - mainly giving biographical facts and superficial comment on her life.
And as it is by Elizabeth Partridge there is also an overemphasis on her father Ron.
Not a great book.
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Excellent Insight
As a Media student I got this book as we have been covering some of her early work, but this book has so much more to it, not only does it give some insight into the photos but it... Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2009 by L. Lloyd-green
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I bought this biography about Dorothea Lange, because I wanted to know more about the person behind the emblematic picture Migrant Mother from 1936. Read more
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