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Image and Imagination
Ben Clarke, Editor; Photographer, Dorothea LangeWriter-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.
Photo List From Image and Imagination
Photographs of Dorothea Lange, Scott Braley from Freedom Voices.
Farm Security Administration Photos
Photographs by Dorothea Lange from Image and Imagination: Encounters with the Photography of Dorothea Lange, Ed. by Ben Clarke
Dorothea LangeTitle/Caption Source Ref. Number
* Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936. L.C.; 9058C
* Langes "outtake" images from the Migrant Mother, 9098C, 9094C, 9097C, 9093C, 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