Gallery: Dorothea Lange’s Harrowing Depression-Era Photography

[kombizz]

<blockquote>We heard yesterday that David Fincher, who most recently received Best Director nominations for The

Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Social Network (and who is currently wrapping up The Girl With The Dragon

Tattoo), is set to produce a biopic about the amazing Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange. Lange’s work put a

human face on the Depression and its effects, and has been extremely influential on documentary photography as a whole.

Her photographs are also said to have been a large impact on John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, which is no mean

feat. The as-yet untitled film will recount her life, including her early struggles with polio, and her profound work in the most

desperate of times. Needless to say, we’re pretty excited, and to celebrate we’ve collected some of the most affecting (to

our eyes) Lange prints for your perusal. Click through to see our favorites, and let us know if we’ve missed any of yours in

the comments!</blockquote><br>

Please see more images <a href="http://flavorwire.com/198252/gallery-dorothea-langes-harrowing-depression-era-

photography">here</a>.

[Matt Laur]

<p>When you say "we heard" and "we're pretty excited" and "our favorites" ... who are you talking about, Kombizz?</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>If you are interested in these images, the Farm Security Administration shots are available on the government websites at the Library of Congress and some other places.</p>

<p>They can even be downloaded for free in large size tiff files</p>

<p>Start at places like http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fabib.html and http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/bibliography.html<br>

This way you can also avoid running up some parasitic website's hits.</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>Access to the pictures is a little easier from http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html</p>

[marc_rochkind]

Or, FSA-OWI:Dorothea Lange, my iOS and MacOS apps.

[tom_harvey3]

<p>A few years ago there was a PBS show that aired in a series called American Masters. One was about Ansel Adams, a local SF Bay Area luminary, and there may have been another about Dorothea Lange. Very, very good show.</p>

[randywilson]

<p>I don't know whether there are copyrights being ignored at Shorpy's page (<a href="http://shorpy.com">http://shorpy.com</a>), but there is fascinating breadth and range of photos posted there, including a number by Dorothea Lange and other Depression era photographers.</p>