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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

“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

Author:Dorothea Lange

“... it came to me that what I had to do was to take pictures and concentrate upon people, only people, all kinds of people, people who paid me and people who didn't.”

People Kind Paid All Kinds

Book:Dorothea Lange

Source: Dorothea Lange

“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

“Photography is a lot like telling a large predatory cat what to do-while an audience of people you can't see watches you.”

People Watches Audience Photography Cat Predatory

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“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”

People Inspirational Teach Creativity Photography Cameras Instruments Photographer Photograph Photography By Photographers Inspirational Photography Great Photography Camera And Photography Inspiring Photography Art Photography Inspiring Art Photography And Light Documentary Photography

Book:Photographs of a Lifetime

Source: Photographs of a Lifetime

“Life, for people, begins to crumble on the edges; they don't realize it.”

People Realizing Edges

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 put your camera around your neck along with putting on your shoes, and there it is, an appendage of the body that shares your life with you. The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”

People Body Teach Share Cameras Instruments Shoes Necks

Book:Photographs of a Lifetime

Source: Photographs of a Lifetime

“The words that come direct from the people are the greatest.If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes.”

People Ifs Eye Direct Disappear Substitutes Vocabulary

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

“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

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“Being disabled gave me an immense advantage. People are kinder to you. It puts you on a different level than if you go into a situation whole and secure.”

People Ifs Different Whole Levels Situation Perspective Advantage Secure Immense Disabled Kinder Different Levels

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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