Dorothea Lange by Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange by Dorothea Lange

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This volume - investigating the work of a particular photographer, in this case, Dorothea Lange - comprises a 4000-word essay by an expert in the field, 55 photographs presented chronologically, each with a commentary, and a biography of the featured photographer.

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Dorothea Lange by Dorothea Lange

This volume - investigating the work of a particular photographer, in this case, Dorothea Lange - comprises a 4000-word essay by an expert in the field, 55 photographs presented chronologically, each with a commentary, and a biography of the featured photographer.

Mark Durden is an artist, writer and academic. He has written extensively on contemporary art and photography. Recent books include Fifty Key Writers on Photography (2012) and Photography Today (2014). With Ian Brown and David Campbell, Durden regularly exhibits as part of the artist group Common Culture. With Campbell he also recently co-curated a number of substantial exhibitions on art and comedy: Double Act (Bluecoat, Liverpool and the MAC, Belfast in 2016) and The Laughable Enigma of Ordinary Life (Arquipü¾Ž–”¼lago, centro de artes contemporü¾Œ¦”¼neas, Sü¾Œ¶”¼o Miguel in 2017). Durden is currently Professor of Photography and Director of the European Centre for Documentary Research at the University of South Wales, UK.

 

Jane Tormey is an Honorary Fellow of Loughborough University. Her writing focuses on the exchange of ideas between art practice and other disciplines, the conflict between aesthetics and political content, and the ways in which aesthetic traditions can be disturbed by and through photographic/filmic practices. Published work includes: The Ghost in the Image in Boelderl, Leisch-Kiesl (eds.) Die Zukunft gehü¾¦˜¼rt den Phantomen ([transcript], 2018); Photographic Realism: Late Twentieth-Century Aesthetics (2013) and Cities and Photography (2012). She is co-editor of Art, Politics and the Pamphleteer (forthcoming 2020) and the book series Radical Aesthetics-Radical Art.

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ISBN 13 9780714840536
ISBN 10 071484053X
Title Dorothea Lange
Author Dorothea Lange
Series Phaidon 55's
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Phaidon Press Ltd
Year published 2001-05-01
Number of pages 128
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