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Seeing People: Lange’s Documentary Legacies

The visual mind has a very great contribution to make … This is a peculiar and a powerful instrument for this purpose of saying to you or saying to the world in general: This is the way it is. Look at it. Look at it!

—Dorothea Lange

Take a close look into the life and influence of photographer Dorothea Lange through historic, archival documentaries. Included are a documentary produced towards the end of Lange’s prolific life and films made with the support of the US Farm Securities Administration during the New Deal. These titles highlight legacies of recorded cultural histories and long-present social issues. Programmed in conjunction with the photography exhibition Dorothea Lange: Seeing People.

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