Dorothea Lange's Ireland [Hardcover]

Dorothea Lange (Author), Gerry Mullins (Author), Daniel Dixon (Editor), Oakland Museum of California (Corporate Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1996

Published for the first time in trade paperback, "Dorothea Lange's Ireland" showcases some of her finest work--as well as some of her least well-known. Accompanying the photographs are text by Gerry Mullins which describes Lange's motivation to go to Ireland, her travels there, and the subjects of her photographs, and an essay by Lange's son, Daniel Dixon, who traveled with her. 106 photos $20,000 marketing budget.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Amazon.com Review

As she demonstrated so indelibly in her photographs of Dust Bowl refugees, the great documentary photographer understood, above all else, the relationship between people and land. Inspired by a book analyzing the social and economic traditions of rural Ireland, Lange traveled to the country in 1954 with her son, writer Daniel Dixon, to record these soulful images of farmers, peasants and schoolchildren. Gerry Mullins' rediscovery of these photographs, most of them published here for the first time, is a major find; his and Dixon's appreciation set Lange's work in context without letting the words get in the way.

From Library Journal

Internationally famous documentary photographer Lange (1895-1965) spent six weeks in Ireland in 1954. This book of over 100 black-and-white photographs depicting the people and customs of Irish country life is the result of that trip. Lange took her camera to the countryside to photograph the lives of rural Irish shopkeepers, farmers, and schoolchildren involved in daily chores and in ordinary activity. Best known for her photographs of struggling migrant farm workers during the Great Depression (her trademark photograph is "Migrant Mother," Nipomo, California, 1936), Lange also concentrates on the people in this work, with the rural countryside as background. Throughout, the reader gets a sense of the lifestyle, concerns, and humanity of her subjects. The essays are informative and put the photographs in the context of today's Ireland?not so very different from what Lange captured some 30 years ago. This beautiful book is recommended for all travel and photography collections.?Janine A. Reid, Jefferson Cty. P.L., Lakewood, Col.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: Cleis Pr; 1 edition (February 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880216353
• ISBN-13: 978-1880216354
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 10 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,621,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs humanized the tragic consequences of the Great Depression and profoundly influenced the development of documentary photography.

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5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful, April 13, 2002

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A wonderful book showing the people of Ireland from the past. It is my favorite coffee table book

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5.0 out of 5 stars Clare Abú, March 1, 2011

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This review is from: Dorothea Lange's Ireland (Paperback)

What a wonderful lady, Miss Lange. It is incredible that she took all those pictures over a half century ago. This is a wonderful pictorial account of Irish social history of the nineteen fifties. How lovely to see the old black and white pictures, including my father. A book to treasure if you can find one.