Name of Artist: Dorothea Lange
Dates of Artist's Life: 1895-1965
1. Personal Background: Lange was born in New Jersey, 1895. She was raised in the education of frequent art and literature. She was naturally strong defeating polio and overcame her parents divorce. After high school she went to college in New York for teaching, but fell in love with photography after working in a photo studio. She then married and settled down in San Fransisco with their two sons and began her own successful photography business. Her previous marriage ended unhappy, which led her to Paul Taylor, who documented Lange's work. She began to be well know in the 1930s-1940s for her ability to capture the moments and human emotion of the Great Depression. While traveling the world photographing and working for the OWI she died in 1965 from esophageal cancer.
2. Style: Dorothea Lange could capture the depth of humankind. Her simplicity of black and white photos with 1 to a few people could say thousands of words. Specifically her piece of 'Migrant Mother' is just one women gazing into the distance in simple apparel. Through this photo we see the fear of the mother and what she is scared for the future. We also can tell about what the Great Depression was like and how terrifying it would have been living in it especially for a mother who could lose her greatest join because of a lack of a basic right.
3. Philosophy: Dorothea Lange used her angles and depth of photographs to capture emotions and expose the social injustice of the citizens of the United States during the Great Depression. Lange's capturing of human emotion exploited the worldwide financial crisis after the world war. This created a political arousement of how the governments part take in war and hatred is destroying the life of the citizens who they are apparently fighting for. Lange caught the struggle of the people of America which caught eyes of many national leader which lead to the creation of Social Security for the elderly. Lange transferred her images to impact the current social and political injustices on the 1930s-1940s, which touched many not only from the images but also from the work and organizations that were made from the portraits.
4. Influence: The most defying characteristic of Dorothy Lange's photography from the Great Depression was Dorothy's ability to capture the emotion of the community during the great depression. Lange used gazing and black & white to create depth in her portraits of the community during the Great Depression. Even though I am no Dorothy Lange, I mustered all the skills we have learned this tri to try and capture the love we all share for each other and for Miles Roberts this past memorial day. During the memorial service, I used my angles and tried to stay unnoticed when taking my photos, so I could capture the true emotion in my photographs and to not have it forced. Lange also used black & white, which influenced me to create the opposite of that to show love versa the depression with the use of vibrance and showing an abundance of colors.
5. Sources:
1. Lange, D. (2018). Dorothea Lange. [online] Biography. Available at: https://www.biography.com/people/dorothea-lange-9372993 [Accessed 16 May 2018].
2.“Daring to Look.” University of Chicago Press, www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/769844.html.
3.Staff, NPR, and Linda Gordon. “Dorothea Lange: Drawing Beauty Out Of Desolation.” NPR, NPR, 28 Apr. 2010, www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126289455.
6. Compare and Contrast: *Under Each Photograph*
7. Personal Artist Statement: May 29th, 2017 Miles Roberts committed suicide. This past memorial day friends and family gathered to celebrate the life of him. If you knew him or not you could feel the love, which I wanted to capture in my photos and show to you. Miles was a good friend, brother and son. At the gathering we shared memories, laughed, sang, and watched the sunset together. The gathering represented the love that we all share for Miles and each other, and the happiness that comes from the love that we have in our community. The love in our hearts for Miles will last a lifetime and my photos will show people who ever struggle that love is found through everyone one and you're not alone.
Dates of Artist's Life: 1895-1965
1. Personal Background: Lange was born in New Jersey, 1895. She was raised in the education of frequent art and literature. She was naturally strong defeating polio and overcame her parents divorce. After high school she went to college in New York for teaching, but fell in love with photography after working in a photo studio. She then married and settled down in San Fransisco with their two sons and began her own successful photography business. Her previous marriage ended unhappy, which led her to Paul Taylor, who documented Lange's work. She began to be well know in the 1930s-1940s for her ability to capture the moments and human emotion of the Great Depression. While traveling the world photographing and working for the OWI she died in 1965 from esophageal cancer.
2. Style: Dorothea Lange could capture the depth of humankind. Her simplicity of black and white photos with 1 to a few people could say thousands of words. Specifically her piece of 'Migrant Mother' is just one women gazing into the distance in simple apparel. Through this photo we see the fear of the mother and what she is scared for the future. We also can tell about what the Great Depression was like and how terrifying it would have been living in it especially for a mother who could lose her greatest join because of a lack of a basic right.
3. Philosophy: Dorothea Lange used her angles and depth of photographs to capture emotions and expose the social injustice of the citizens of the United States during the Great Depression. Lange's capturing of human emotion exploited the worldwide financial crisis after the world war. This created a political arousement of how the governments part take in war and hatred is destroying the life of the citizens who they are apparently fighting for. Lange caught the struggle of the people of America which caught eyes of many national leader which lead to the creation of Social Security for the elderly. Lange transferred her images to impact the current social and political injustices on the 1930s-1940s, which touched many not only from the images but also from the work and organizations that were made from the portraits.
4. Influence: The most defying characteristic of Dorothy Lange's photography from the Great Depression was Dorothy's ability to capture the emotion of the community during the great depression. Lange used gazing and black & white to create depth in her portraits of the community during the Great Depression. Even though I am no Dorothy Lange, I mustered all the skills we have learned this tri to try and capture the love we all share for each other and for Miles Roberts this past memorial day. During the memorial service, I used my angles and tried to stay unnoticed when taking my photos, so I could capture the true emotion in my photographs and to not have it forced. Lange also used black & white, which influenced me to create the opposite of that to show love versa the depression with the use of vibrance and showing an abundance of colors.
5. Sources:
1. Lange, D. (2018). Dorothea Lange. [online] Biography. Available at: https://www.biography.com/people/dorothea-lange-9372993 [Accessed 16 May 2018].
2.“Daring to Look.” University of Chicago Press, www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/769844.html.
3.Staff, NPR, and Linda Gordon. “Dorothea Lange: Drawing Beauty Out Of Desolation.” NPR, NPR, 28 Apr. 2010, www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126289455.
6. Compare and Contrast: *Under Each Photograph*
7. Personal Artist Statement: May 29th, 2017 Miles Roberts committed suicide. This past memorial day friends and family gathered to celebrate the life of him. If you knew him or not you could feel the love, which I wanted to capture in my photos and show to you. Miles was a good friend, brother and son. At the gathering we shared memories, laughed, sang, and watched the sunset together. The gathering represented the love that we all share for Miles and each other, and the happiness that comes from the love that we have in our community. The love in our hearts for Miles will last a lifetime and my photos will show people who ever struggle that love is found through everyone one and you're not alone.
Beautiful People, Beautiful Sky
In my photo, 'Beautiful People, Beautiful Sky', I mimicked Lange's set up of five individuals in a row. Since I wanted my photos to show love instead of sorrow I left my photos in color in contrast to Lange's B&W photos. Also in contrast, Lange's subjects are concerned and worried, while mine are care-free and happy in each others company.
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Unity With Love
My photo, 'Unity with Love', shows the Diagonal Rule, which I took inspiration from the left photo from Dorothy Lange. Lange used contrast and leading lines to create and more eerie photograph. In my photo, I used contrast and vibrance to accentuate the colors in the sky to make my picture welcoming.
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Together
In, 'Together', I imitated the bodies on the ground and the ability to not see the faces of any of the people. The irony is strongly presented in these photos since Lange's are past out from starvation during the Great Depression, while mine are sitting by choice, with food and drinks, to remember our loved one.
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Content
In both mine and Lange's photos, our subjects are on their back with their face facing toward the sky. This is one of the few photos from Lange that her subject is happy which matches Gigi in my photo, as they both hold a slight smile. In contrast again I put this in color and increased the warm tones to accentuate the sense of love and welcoming.
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