The Narrative Photographs of Dorothea Lange Narrative is

The Narrative Photographs of Dorothea Lange

Narrative: is a story that is told or written. Narrator: the person who tells the story.

An artist might use any of the following to create a narrative: - drawings - paintings - sculptures - photographs - written words

Slide 1: Dorothea Lange, 1936 Feb. or Mar. Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in. Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California, also known as Migrant Mother, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, digital file from original neg. http: //hdl. loc. gov/loc. pnp/fsa. 8 b 29516, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 http: //hdl. loc. gov/loc. pnp/pp. print, http: //lcweb 2. loc. gov/service/pnp/fsa/8 b 29000/8 b 29516 v. jpg Slide 2: Dorothea Lange, August 1939, Family who traveled by freight train. Washington, Toppenish, Yakima Valley, Medium: 1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller , Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-fsa-8 b 34311 (digital file from original neg. ) LC-USF 34 -020313 -E (b&w film nitrate neg. ), Library of Congress, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, http: //www. loc. gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/fsa 2000003842/PP/ (accessed 10/9/2011 11: 42), LC-DIG-fsa 8 b 34311 (digital file from original neg. ) LC-USF 34 -020313 -E (b&w film nitrate neg. ), Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D 2 C 20540 USA http: //hdl. loc. gov/loc. pnp/pp. print, digital file from original neg. http: //hdl. loc. gov/loc. pnp/fsa. 8 b 34311. Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition. “Great Depression. ” http: //www. school. eb. com. proxygsuval 1. galileo. usg. edu/elementary/article? articleld=353208 and Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition. “Dust Bowl. ” http: //www. school. eb. com. proxygsuval 1. galileo. usg. edu/elementary/article? articleld=390020. Henry, Carole. Instructional Resources: Migrant Mother, by Dorothea Lange. Art Education, Vol. 48, No. 3, The Broader Context (May, 1995), pp. 25; 28; 37 – 40, http: //www. jstor. org/stable/3193519 (accessed 7/10/2011). Library of Congress. “Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives. http: //www. loc. gov/pictures/collection/fsa/ and Encyclopedia Britannica Online. “Dorothea Lange. ” http: //www. britannica. com/EBchecked/topic/329647/Dorothea-Lange? anchor=ref 722130 Merriam-Webster’s Intermediate Dictionary (Springfield : Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 2004), 520. Whiston Spirn, Anne. Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange’s Photographs and Reports from the Field (London: The University of Chicago Press, 2009) 315.