"The camera is a great teacher..."

August 16, 2020 8:47 AM

The Oakland Museum of California has made its digital archive of Dorothea Lange's photography available to all. "The camera is a great teacher, and the more people use it the more aware they become of the possibilities of the visual world." — Dorothea Lange
posted by agatha_magatha (5 comments total)

Thank you, OP. So happy to see this!
posted by Bella Donna at 8:51 AM on August 16, 2020

"Damaged Child"
posted by neuron at 10:11 AM on August 16, 2020 [1 favorite]

Oh, this is utterly, utterly wonderful.

I am especially happy to see the whole Early Work/Personal Work section with its San Francisco Portrait Studio section.

I am so very gladdened when archives are made more widely available through the internet. This is splendid news.

Thank you so much for posting this, agatha_magatha!
posted by kristi at 10:17 AM on August 16, 2020

She took some of the most important photos of the depression- hugely talented & dedicated to her work. Nice to see so much of it gathered & archived on the web. This is the sort of post that keeps me coming back here.
posted by Devils Rancher at 10:29 AM on August 16, 2020

One Nation indivisible, San Francisco pledge of allegiance at Rafael Weill elementary school a few weeks prior to evacuation to Japanese Internment Camp.
posted by storybored at 12:11 PM on August 16, 2020 [1 favorite]