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This collection of 100 stark pieces of Lange's work captures the lives of the hard-pressed from dustbowl farmers right out of The Grapes of Wrath to photos of Ireland and Egypt. The text also incorporates an essay by Harvard psychiatrist and social investigator Coles. Many of the photos are accompanied by excerpts from Lange's writings (LJ 12/1/82). Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. Reprinted for the first time, this is the most comprehensive collection of the photographer's work ever published. It includes portraits from her early years as a fashionable studio photographer as well as classic images that established her as the preeminent documentary artist of her time. Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime captures--like all of her work--the extraordinary in the commonplace, with rare candor, compassion, and dignity. --Elle magazine. Reprinted for the first time, this is the most comprehensive collection of the photographer's work ever published. It includes portraits from her early years as a fashionable studio photographer as well as classic images that established her as the preeminent documentary artist of her time. Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime captures-like all of her work-the extraordinary in the commonplace, with rare candor, compassion, and dignity. -Elle magazine Notes by Dorothea Lange. Essay by Robert Coles. Afterword by Therese Heyman. Paperback, 9.75 x 11.75 in./184 pgs Broché: 184 pages Editeur : Aperture (13 janvier 2007) Langue : Français