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Dorothea Lange Quotes

Photographer

Dorothea Lange, born on May 26, 1895, and died on October 11, 1965, was a prominent American photographer. She is widely recognized for her photographs that documented the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl era, which have become enduring symbols of the 20th century.

Famous Dorothea Lange Quotes

“Ours is a time of the machine, and ours is a need to know that the machine can be put to creative human effort. If not, the machine can destroy us.”

Ifs Knows Needs Humans Effort Creative Machines

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“We know by now how to photograph poor people. What we don't know is how to photograph affluence - whose other face is poverty.”

People Knows Faces Poor Poverty Rich Photograph Poor People Rich And Poor Affluence

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“You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will wait for you.”

Knows Stills Moments Waiting Breaths

Book:Photographs of a Lifetime

Source: Photographs of a Lifetime

“No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually ... I know what we could make of it if people only thought we could dare look at ourselves.”

People Ifs Knows Looks Country Dare

Book:Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the Field

Source: Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the Field

“To know ahead of time what you're looking for means you're then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false.”

Knows Mean Photography Photographer Preconceptions Ahead Of Time

Book:Dorothea Lange: Farm Security Administration photographs, 1935-1939 : from the Library of Congress

Source: Dorothea Lange: Farm Security Administration photographs, 1935-1939 : from the Library of Congress

“You go into a room and you know where you're welcome; you know where you're unwelcome.Sometimes in a hostile situation you stick around because hostility itself is important.The people who are garrulous and wear their heart on their sleeve and tell you everything, that's one kind of person, but the fellow who's hiding behind a tree and hoping you don't see him is the fellow that you'd better find out why.”

People Knows Heart Kind Persons Important Sometimes Rooms Behinds Situation Tree Fellows Sticks Welcome Hiding Hostile Hostility Sleeves Unwelcome You Re Welcome

Author:Dorothea Lange

About the Author

Born: May 26, 1895
Died: October 11, 1965
Known for: Photographer
Quotes: 44

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Books & Sources

Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the FieldRelated source material

Dorothea Lange: Farm Security Administration photographs, 1935-1939 : from the Library of CongressRelated source material

Photographs of a LifetimeRelated source material

The photographs of Dorothea LangeRelated source material

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