Ms. Magazine Blog: Dorothea Lange’s Unforgettable Social Truths
You don’t want to miss Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning, which premieres this Friday, August 29, on PBS’s American…
DOROTHEA LANGE: Grab a Hunk of Lightning
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The Economist: The Making of Dorothea Lange
The Oakland Museum of California, which houses a permanent collection of Lange’s work, hosted a preview screening of the film earlier…
WNYC Leonard Lopate Radio Interview with Dyanna Taylor & Elizabeth Partridge
The Invisible Photographer Who Captured The Great Depression Photographer Dorothea Lange took some of the most powerful and iconic images…
WGBH Boston – Read the Director’s Essay
Dyanna Taylor discusses her ten-year journey to truly understand her grandmother, the photographer Dorothea Lange.
Beyond the Dust Bowl With Dorothea Lange By Ruth Femson
Dyanna Taylor had to look no farther than her own family to make a compelling film. After all, her grandmother’s…
Dorothea Lange on PBS’ “American Masters”
This week’s Modern Art Notes Podcast features documentary filmmaker Dyanna Taylor and art historian and author Judith Zilczer. Taylor is the director of…
Dorothea Lange From Her Goddaughter’s Perspective
Elizabeth Partridge, Lange’s goddaughter amassed the photos and wrote the text for “Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning.” Though…
New Documentary and Photo Book Celebrate Photographer Dorothea Lange
One afternoon in 1939, Dorothea Lange was sitting in her portrait studio in San Francisco and realized that she —…
Dorothea Lange ‘American Masters’ profile to premiere on PBS August 29
A PBS profile of Dorothea Lange, the photographer behind some of the most iconic images of the Great Depression and…
Must See: ‘Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning’ PBS Documentary
On August 29th, PBS will broadcast AMERICAN MASTERS: Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning . The captivating life story of the famed photojournalist as told by her own granddaughter, award-Winning cinematographer Dyanna Taylor. Using Lange’s own photographs and writings, the documentary also contains film footage of Dorothea choosing which of her works, would be included in the exhibition for the one-woman career retrospective, at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, near the end of her life.