Photographs of Dorothea Lange
Excerpted from Image and Imagination: Encounters with the Photography of Dorothea Lange. Ed. by Ben Clarke
Writer-in-residence at the Oakland Museum of California and the Oakland Public Library, Ben Clarke, re-examines Dorothea Lange's photographs along with collaborating artists including: A.K. Black, Scott Braley, Lucha Corpi, Kitty Costello, Maketa Groves, Richard Oyama, Margot Pepper, Eric Robertson, Clifton Ross, Abena Songbird, and Rhett Stuart. Using poetry, personal essay, rap and contemporary photography the artists explore the intersection between Lange's documentary photography and current realities.
Farm Security Administration Photos
War Relocation Authority Photos
Scott Braley photographs from Image and Imagination
Farm Security Administration Photographs
by Dorothea Lange from Image and Imagination: Encounters with the Photogrpahy of Dorothea Lange, Edited by Ben Clarke
Title/Caption Source Ref. Number
- Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936. L.C.; 9058C
- Langes "outtake" images from the Migrant Mother
Migrant Family, Nipomo, California, 1936. L.C.; 9098C
Migrant Family, Nipomo, California, 1936. L.C.; 9094C
Migrant Family, Nipomo, California, 1936. L.C.; 9097C
Migrant Family, Nipomo, California, 1936. L.C.; 9093C
Migrant Family, Nipomo, California, 1936. L.C.; 9095C
- "Slept in a bed all my life long, till now--sleeping on the ground." Near Redding California, May 1935. B.L./L.C.; 9474E
- Mexican laborers off for the melon fields, Imperial Valley, CA, June 1935 . B.L./L.C.; 1620C
- Cotton Picker, San Joaquin Valley, CA, November 1938. B.L./L.C.; 18396E
- Camp of single men by roadside, Nipoma, CA, Jan. 1935. B.L./L.C.; 8062E
- Drought refugees hoping for cotton work, Blythe CA, 1936. B.L/L.C.; 9665E
- Drought refugees hoping for cotton work, Blythe CA, 1936 . B.L/L.C.; 9666E
- Man with grapes, San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1938 . B.L./L.C.; 9926E
- Mother and children on the road, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939 . L.C.; 20993E
- Bindlestiff, backbone of the IWW, Napa Valley, CA 1938 . B.L./L.C.; 18801E
- Child and her mother, Wapato, Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. L.C.; 20397C
War Relocation Authority Photos taken by Dorothea Lange
From the book Image and Imagination: Encounters with the Photogrpahy of Dorothea Lange, Edited by Ben Clarke
- Friends and neighbors say goodbye, San Francisco,CA April, 1942 . B.L./N.A.R.A.; 14GC-422
- Soldier smiling, Civil Control Station, Registration for evacuation and processing. San Francisco, April, 1942 . B.L./N.A.R.A.; 14GA-531
- Tagged girl, Oakland, 1942 . O.P.L/N.A.R.A.; 14GC-580
- Leaving the strawberry fields, 1942 . B.L./N.A.R.A.; 14GA-272
- Pledge of allegiance at Rafael Weill Elementary School a few weeks prior to evacuation, April, 1942 . B.L./ N.A.R.A.; 14GA-78
- Evacuee stands by her baggage. Centerville, CA, May 1943 . B.L./N.A.R.A.; 14GC-241
- Altar flowers for last service before evacuation, Kay Keiko Uchida, Oakland, CA, April 1942 . B.L./N.A.R.A.; 14GA-541
- Buddhist priest locks temple, Florin, CA, Spring 1942. B.L./N.A.R.A.; 14GC-542
Photographs by Scott Braley,
From the book Image and Imagination: Encounters with the Photogrpahy of Dorothea Lange, Edited by Ben Clarke
- Shadow, Scott and Rufus, 1990
- Cynthia in Alameda County Jail, 1991
- Rufus leaving his place, an abandoned hotel, 1990
- Rufus leaving Oakland Jail, 1991
- Rufus with judge in Oakland, 1991
- Homeless Native woman and dog, Peoples Park, Berkeley, 1992
- Centerville, CA, May 1943 . O.M./N.A.R.A.; 82.83.7
- Man Beside Wheelbarrow, San Francisco, 1934. O.M.; 67.137.34013
- Walking Wounded, Oakland CA, 1954. O.M.; 80.103.343
- Untitled (Child with Sarape), Southwest, ca. 1930. O.M.; 67.137.5895
- Untitled (Old woman and child), Southwest, ca. 1930. O.M.; 67.137.6024
- First Born, Berkeley, California, 1952. O.M.; 67.137.52113
- Girls at Soquel Creek, California, ca. 1930. O.M.; 69.40.15
- Hands, Maynard and Dan Dixon, ca 1930. O.M.; 67.137.5893
- Untitled (Two women against wall), Southwest, ca. 1930. O.M.;67.137.6135
- Untitled (Haircut), Near Winters, California, 1935. O.M.;67.137.35161
- Freewheeling, Oakland, CA, 1951. O.M.; 67.137.45024
- Michael Kelly has repaired shoes all his life. Ennis Ireland, 1954. O.M.; 67.137.54079
- Grandaughter of a Spanish Don, born in California before it was a state, 1943. O.M.; 67.137.93220
- Mexican field laborer arriving in station at Sacramento. CA. Oct. 6, 1942 . O.M.; 67.137.93069
- Cemetery, Imperial Valley, CA, 1935. O.M.; 67.137.8035
- Untitled (Girl on truck), San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1935 . O.M.; 67.137.35168.1
- Damaged Child, Shacktown, Elm Grove, Oklahoma 1936 . O.M.; 80.103.470
- Drought stricken farmers, idled in town, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, August 1936 . O.M./L.C.; 67.137.9669
- Pre-trial jail cell, from the public defender series, 1955-57 . O.M.; 67.137.57104.5
- Judge Fox, Oakland, CA, 1957. O.M.; 67.137.57125
- Attorney interviews client, from the public defender series, Oakland, CA, 1957 . O.M.; 67.137.93140
- Untitled (Public defender in court with client), from the public defender series, Oakland, CA, 1955-57. O.M.; 67.137.93145
- Untitled (Client's wife, outside courtroom), from the public defender series, Oakland, CA, 1955-57 . O.M.; 67.137.93139
- Untitled (Swearing in Witness), from the public defender series, Oakland, CA, 1955-57. O.M.; 67.137.93876
- Untitled, (Woman by trailer)Richmond, California, 1942. O.M.; 67.137.42113.1
- Ex-slave with a long memory, Alabama, 1938. O.M./L.C.; 67.137.38164
- Civil ControlStation, Oakland,May 1942 . O.P.L/N.A.R.A.; 14GC-373
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