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Dorothea Lange. Part 1: Under the Trees (1966-01-23)
About this film
Dorothea Lange's documentary photographs captured the despair and hope of the 1930s. This first episode is not so much about her work itself, but about the woman who spent a long, rich, and frequently painful life working for the enrichment of the human condition. Dorothea Lange died in October 1965. She had been suffering for twenty years from cancer. Aware of her limited lifetime, she made available to NET every possible assistance to produce this documentary of her life and work. Miss Lange has prepared a one-woman exhibition of her work during the past fifty years for the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The Museum now presents this as a posthumous tribute, beginning January 24, 1966. This episode, presented to coincide with the exhibition, was filmed while Dorothea Lange was preparing for it. As she examines a lifetime's work, the episode goes back in time with her to highlight her life and career, to share with the artist her soul-searching about her work and her philosophy as a photographer. It also includes conversations about her exhibition with her son and with John Szarkowski, curator of photography for the Museum of Modern Art, and intimate episodes from her daily life…
Directors & creators
KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
Subjects
Dorothea Lange, documentary photography, Farm Security Administration, FSA photography, Great Depression photography, Migrant Mother, Museum of Modern Art, John Szarkowski, MoMA, photography history, women photographers, California, KQED, posthumous tribute, cancer
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