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 ...

Historian Linda Gordon presents us with a portrait of the artist as a woman in her fascinating new biography of photographer Dorothea Lange [1895–1965], who captured the images of Americans on the ...

Dorothea Lange and turn-of-the-century America, 1895-1912 -- "I knew it was dangerous to have something to fall back on" : finding the new woman, finding herself, 1912-1918 -- Love and work : tangled ...

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 ...

Watch “Dorothea Lange — Under The Trees,” an intimate documentary of the American photographer from... Book Excerpts from Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning Excerpts from the book Dorothea Lange ...

"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 ...

Don’t just stand there looking at the pictures — do something! That’s the message that comes across from the classic photographs and quirky paintings in two exhibits at the Oakland Museum of ...