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Title
The making of a documentary photographer: oral history with Dorothea Lange
Creator
Riess, Suzanne B
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Lange, Dorothea
Date Created and/or Issued
1960/1961
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library
Collection
California Revealed from Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library
Rights Information
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Description
Early interest in photography; study with Clarence White; work with Arnold Genthe; her photography studio in San Francisco; marriage to Maynard Dixon; Bohemian group in San Francisco; beginnings of documentary photography and photo-journalism; photography work for the U.S. government - Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information and War Relocation Authority; comments on taking, printing, captioning and exhibiting pictures. Photographs inserted. Appended: copy of memorial service; tributes appearing in various magazines; her proposal for a photography center; copies of articles about her, etc.
Type
sound
Format
Original
Sound
half track
1/4 inch audio tape
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
Phonotape 266:2 B
cabeuroh_000012
Language
English
Subject
Photographers--California
Photography--United States
Women photographers
San Francisco (Calif.)--Social life and customs
Lange, Dorothea
Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946
United States. War Relocation Authority
White, Clarence H., 1871-1925
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942
United States. Farm Security Administration
United States. Office of War Information
Place
San Francisco (Calif.)
Provenance
Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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