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May 22, 2014
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MoCP – Film Screening and Conversation

Film Screening, Conversation and Book Signing – Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning

March 5, 2014
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Resolana: Dyanna Taylor, “The Importance of Seeing: The Work of Documentary Photographer Dorothea Lange”

Dyanna Taylor, the granddaughter of Dorothea Lange and deeply influenced by her, will discuss Lange’s work on the New Deal as well as her work documenting the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Taylor, who has been a director of photography and cinematographer for 30 years, is a five-time Emmy award winner and the 1998 recipient of the MUSE award for Outstanding Vision and Achievement in Cinematography from New York Women in Film and Television. She was the director of photography for the recent Blessed Is the Match, in distribution with First Run Features; Hava Nagila: The Movie; HBO’s The Alzheimer Project; and HBO’s 2012 seriesWeight of the Nation. Currently, she is in production on her filmDorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning for a Labor Day 2014 release.
Her talk will include never-before-seen clips from her film of Lange preparing for her one-woman photographic exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in 1966.

February 17, 2014
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“Dorothea Lange: Grab A Hunk Of Lightning ” By Elizabeth Partridge

Radio interview on WAMC Northeast Public Radio with Elizabeth Partridge, author of companion book, Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of…

February 17, 2014
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Dorothea Lange From Her Goddaughter’s Perspective

Radio interview on Here & Now, Boston’s NPR news station (90.9 WBUR) with Elizabeth Partridge, author of the companion book,…

February 17, 2014
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Dorothea Lange: If only she had Instagram

Conversation between Jeff Schectman of Specific Gravity and Elizabeth Partridge, author of companion book, Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning.

February 17, 2014
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Photographer Captured Iconic Depression-era Moments

Voice of America radio interview with Elizabeth Partridge, author of the companion book, Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning.

February 17, 2014
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‘Migrant Mother’ and Beyond: Dorothea Lange’s lifetime in photography

Radio interview with Elizabeth Partridge, author of companion book, Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning, on Southern California Public…

February 17, 2014
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Check This Out: Dorothea Lange—Grab a Hunk of Lightning

In an interview by alumna Linda Washington, ’12 WCYA, author Elizabeth Partridge describes the inspiration for writing her nonfiction book…

November 19, 2013
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Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning on Parade.com

Check out more images from Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning here at parade.com!

October 2, 2013
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Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning on CNN

CNN photo blog showcased Lange’s work and highlighted both the book and film. Check it out here.