Dorothea Lange: a life beyond limits

Introduction: A Camera Is a Tool for Learning How to See...

Part I. Hoboken And San Francisco: 1895-1931

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1. Child of Iron, Wounded

2. Apprentice to the City

3. Becoming a Photographer

4. Maynard Dixon, Bohemian Artist

5. Working Mother in Bohemia

Part II. Depression And Renewal: 1932-1935

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6. eaving the children, Leaving the Studio

7. New Deal for Artists

8. aul Schuster Taylor, Maverick Economist

9. The Romance of Love, the Romance of the Cause

10. Blending a Family

Part III. Creating Documentary Photography: 1935-1939

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11. Father Stryker and the Beloved Community

12. On the Road: California

13. Migrant Mother

14. On the Road: The Dust Bowl

15. On the Road: The South

16. An American Exodus

17. Dorothea and Roy

Part IV. Wartime: 1939-1945

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18. Family Stress

19. Defiant War Photography: The Japanese Internment

20. Unruly War Photography: The Office of War Information and Defense Workers

Part V. Independent Photographer: 1945-1965

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21. Surviving in the Cold

22. Working for Life

23. Diplomat's Wife

24. To a Cabin

25. Photographer of Democracy

Lange's Photograph Captions

Acknowledgments

Note on Photographs and Quotations

Notes

Photograph Sources

Index