As we live through what’s been called “the Great Recession,” it is, of course, the Great Depression of the 1930s that we look to, compare with and fear repeating. Some of our understanding of that ...
Smith is the author of "Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America, 1931-1940." Our image of the Great Depression has been indelibly shaped by the photographs of Dorothea Lange: homeless men ...
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In the 1930s, hundreds of thousands of poverty-stricken Dust Bowl refugees poured into California from the parched Midwest in search of food, jobs and dignity. Meanwhile, much of the country, mired in ...
"This exquisite monograph honors the documentarian in a comprehensive celebration of her life and work. An authoritative biography written by her god-daughter, Elizabeth Partride, unveils the ...
The Californian photographer known for her images of the Great Depression is a guide to the complexity of the present. Dorothea Lange.Credit...Paul S. Taylor/The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland ...
America's understanding of the Great Depression has, in large part, been shaped by the photography of Dorothea Lange. With the nation once again steeped in financial turmoil, Lange's images have taken ...
The exhibition programme of Fenix is twofold: artistic takeovers, supported by newly commissioned works from contemporary artists, and Fenix in Focus, a series of mid-scale presentations that delve ...
New collections by Gordon Parks, Platon, Peter van Agtmael and Myriam Boulos reveal when you need to tell as well as show. By Arthur Lubow The 900 items from his Atlanta home include blue-chip art by ...