"Hands off! I do not molest what I photograph, I do not meddle and I do not arrange." Spoken by the well known Dorothea Lange. This was one of her main principles being a photographer. She showed America the truth about the real Americans of the depression. Her work has provided one of the most committed social documentaries of photography in our century. .
Dorothea Nutzhorn was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on May 26th 1895. As a child at the age of seven she contracted polio which left her with a permanent limp which she often said she believed that heightened her sensitivity to the sufferings of others. Her father soon after that abandoned the family, she decided to then take her mother's maiden name, Lange. In 1914 She visited the Fifth Avenue portrait stupid of Arnold Genthe, he gave her her first camera and encouraged her with her photographic work through the next year. She began to study photography at Columbia University in the year 1917. There she interned under Clarence White. She then was swept away and employed in San Francisco only for about a year as a freelance photographer. After doing well there she opened her own studio another year later in Berkley California. .
Lange documented change and it's human cost. She didn't start her truly well known work until 1932 she began to get away from portraits and doing more of people in their social context, the streets San Francisco. With her direct manner she took pictures with she showed the bitter poverty of migrant workers and their families. It showed the hopelessness and despair, but she also showed the American spirit of pride and dignity despite the circumstances. .
One of her most well known photographs was of the Migrant Mother. It was a portrait of a Californian migrant worker with her three children. Lange captured so much of what the whole depression was about. Wrinkles on the mothers face from worry, the gaze in her eyes full of wonder and worry about what is next.
This film was also Fritz Lang's first "talkie". ... For Fritz Lang, however, it was to be used sparingly. ... Fritz Lang uses sound as if it were another part of the visual. ... Lang's use of sound is distinctive than others from his time. ... It is believed that Fritz Lang based his movie on this serial killer. ...
In this paper, I will discuss two very important women, Dorthea Dix and Clara Barton, in the Civil War. Dorthea Dix was born on April 4, 1802, the oldest daughter of Joseph and Mary Dix. ... Being a grandmother, Dorthy wanted what she thought was the best for Dorthea. ... They asked Dorthea, in 1841, to teach a Sunday school class in the jail at East Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... The field of nursing continued to grow after the war, inspired by many other women who would follow in Dorthea's footsteps. ...
This response is characteristic of the dark underlying tone that is prevalent in many Lang's films. ... Lang seems to have a keen interest in new technology and the impact it has on everyday life. ... Professor Polan mentioned that the theme of clocks are consistently present in many Lang's films. ... Lang also uses space and shifting camera angles to engender a feeling of entrapment. By extensive use of such stylistic film techniques, Lang is also able to capture a driving sense of inevitability. ...
Making Lang the most qualified of the four young men. Lang needed to work with somebody to realize his ambitions that somebody would be Kornfeld. A meeting was set up between Lang and Kornfled, immediately the two took to each other. Resulting, Lang moved in with Kornfled and wife. ... "I made a decision that we needed three major acts, and I told them I didn't care what the cost," Lang said. ...
There were numerous elements that the Lang family exhibited that were a demonstration of American political culture. ... Oliver Lang greatly showed a concern for individual rights, namely those of his own family. ... The next element of American political culture that the Lang family shows is their mistrust in the government. ... Oliver Lang exhibits all of these qualities. ... Lastly, one example of how the Lang family is outside of American political culture is in how they mistrust the government. ...
"I didn't want cops in gas masks showing up and that was the atmosphere there," Lang said. ... Yasgur met Lang and as soon as Lang saw the sloping bowl, a little rise for the stage, and a lake in the background. ... Lang had two choices: Hardin who was drifting around backstage stoned or Richie Havens, who looked ready. ... Who could get setup quickest, Lang said. ... Lang and the other organizers pleaded with Saturday's acts to play twice as long. ...
John Thomas Lang was a labor politician and was one of the most notorious politics ever to be in power. John Lang had been the premier of mew south wales from 1925 through to 1927. ... In 1931 Jack Lang had the answer to Australia's problems. ... The Theodore, Lang and Premiers" plan all differed. ... One thing the new guard especially didn't like was Jack Lang and his radical ideas to solve the depression. ...
Michael Lang was twenty-three years old. ... Lang met Artie Kornfield thru a rock group he was managing. ... He heard the news about Woodstock and called Michael Lang. Lang met Elliot Tiber the day after he called him. ... Michael Lang fell in love with the farm. ...
Michael Lang was twenty-three years old. ... Lang met Artie Kornfield thru a rock group he was managing. ... He heard the news about Woodstock and called Michael Lang. Lang met Elliot Tiber the day after he called him. ... Michael Lang fell in love with the farm. ...
The fairytale I never particularly enjoyed was Sleeping Beauty, at least, until I read the more interesting, earlier version written by Andrew Lang. Lang's version, quite grotesque for children, is very different from Disney's version. ... "The youngest gave her for gift that she should be the most beautiful person in the world; the next, that she should have the wit of an angel; the third, that she should have grace in everything she did; the fourth, that she should dance perfectly well; the fifth, that she should sing like a nightingale; and the sixth, that she should play all kind...
