Dorothea's Eyes Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth

by Rosenstock, Barb; Dubois, Gerard

• ISBN13: 9781635925630
• ISBN10: 1635925630
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-02-01
• Publisher: Calkins Creek

Summary

"An excellent beginner's resource for biography, U.S. history, and women's studies." —Kirkus Reviews

Here is the powerful and inspiring biography of Dorothea Lange, activist, social reformer, and one of the founders of documentary photography.

After a childhood bout of polio left her with a limp, all Dorothea Lange wanted to do was disappear.
 
But her desire not to be seen helped her learn how to blend into the background and observe. With a passion for the artistic life, and in spite of her family's disapproval, Lange pursued her dream to become a photographer and focused her lens on the previously unseen victims of the Great Depression.
 
This poetic biography tells the emotional story of Lange's life and includes a gallery of her photographs, an author's note, a timeline, and a bibliography.

Author Biography

Barb Rosenstock is the author of many picture-book biographies, including THOMAS JEFFERSON BUILDS A LIBRARY; BEN FRANKLIN'S BIG SPLASH; and THE STREAK: HOW JOE DIMAGGIO BECAME AMERICA'S HERO. Her picture book on Vasily Kandinsky, THE NOISY PAINT BOX, won the 2015 Caldecott Honor Medal.

Gérard DuBois is the illustrator of MONSIEUR MARCEAU: Actor without Words, the 2013 NCTE Orbis Pictus winner.
Illustrator site: gdubois.com