By the early 1950s Dorothea Lange wanted to do something big. After years of being sidelined by serious and life-threatening illnesses, the famed documentary photographer was ready and eager to return to the field. During the Great Depression, she established a reputation for her ability to capture...

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1. Verfasser:	Swensen, James R. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2022
Schlagworte:	Lange, Dorothea > 1895-1965
Zusammenfassung:	By the early 1950s Dorothea Lange wanted to do something big. After years of being sidelined by serious and life-threatening illnesses, the famed documentary photographer was ready and eager to return to the field. During the Great Depression, she established a reputation for her ability to capture the plight and dignity of her subjects. Now, in what was a very different world following World War II, she wanted to get back into photography and out, again, into the world. This essay examines Lange’s most important venture outside the United States into the world beyond: her photographic documentation of western Ireland, which she made for Life magazine in 1954 (fig. 8.1). Accustomed to photographing that which was close and familiar, Lange desired to stretch herself as a photographer by working in an environment that was completely new. For this series Lange did not travel abroad unprepared but benefited from American anthropologist Conrad Arensberg’s in-depth study of County Clare. Indeed, the details and themes outlined in his book, The Irish Countryman: An Anthropological Study (1937), shaped the photographs that Lange made in Ireland. Although Arensberg’s text is frequently cited as an important influence, the specific ways that it affected and enhanced Lange’s work have not been explored. Indeed, the interplay between these two interpretations of the same place presents an opportunity to examine the strengths and weaknesses of Lange’s coverage.
Beschreibung:	Illustrationen
ISBN:	978-1-032-12127-7