Dorothea Dix

Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work. Dorothea Lange worked with art media and photography. She took picture of some of the world most important and significant events. Dorothea Lange liked to capture the emotions in pictures. Age range 4th-5th grade Lesson 1: In this lesson students learned about Dorothea Lange and the signigicant of her work. Students had learned about Dorothea Langes background, her younger…

social ills of our society. Artists’ such as Dorothea Lange and Banksy reflect these ideals of informing society about what is going on in the world through their artworks. Therefore, art does reflect the society of its time and for this reason it also plays an important role in our society, raising awareness of issues that we as a society face, in attempt to provoke change. In the past, the motive for art was to express societies attitudes of the time. Dorothea Lange, is an artist who uses her…

It is often said that artists portray their experiences and thoughts through their work. Photographer Dorothea Lange and author Eugenia Collier both capture the setting of the Depression Era with corresponding works, “Migrant” and “Marigold”. The photo “Migrant” is a photo a “fatigued mother of seven” during the Depression Era. And the story “Marigold” is about a young teenage girl living with her family during the Depression Era. The photo was taken just outside the doorway of a canvas tent…

The book In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson is a travel book that revolves around Bryson 's visit to Australia. Bryson was born in 1951 in the United States but has since moved to the UK. Most of Bryson’s books are about travel, the english language, or science; he is probably best known for the book A Short History of Nearly Everything which explains a lot of more scientific things in a way everyone can understand. In a Sunburned Country has two titles, the other being Down Under. The…

photographer had on the American people through the research question: To what extent did FSA photographer Dorothea Lange have an impact on Americans attitudes towards the Great Depression? Through further exploration into the FSA program, specifically through the works of photographer Dorothea Lange in the US from the mid-1930s up to the early 1940s. It will examine a variety of sources: Dorothea Lange’s personal notes about her photographs, interviews, and a variety of books that document her…

The War Production Coordinating Committee poster, also commonly known as “Rosie the Riveter”, is a poster depicting a fictional character created during World War II. J. Howard Miller, an artist from Pittsburgh, was hired to create a series of posters to contribute to the war effort; one included the famous “We Can Do It!” poster (Doyle). During the time period of war, America was sending the majority of their male population off to fight and the nation needed people in the workforce to replace…

Country’ by Dorothea Mackellar, and ‘Waratah and Wattle’ by Henry Lawson. Both of these poems have the theme of the individual poet expressing their ideas and thoughts about Australia’s beautiful landscape and plants. So, for this reason I decided to have a rough outline of Australia, along with it being cut around the outline in the shape of Australia. Another main feature of this poster is the red love heart placed in the centre of the poster. This is because in the poem ‘My Country’,…

electronically by means of an image sensor. It can also be done chemically a light sensitive material like photographic film. Photography was a form of art that expanded and evolved between the 1840’s and the earl 19th centuries. Jacob Riis, and Dorothea Lange where two photographers that played a vital part in the evolution of photography at this time. Jacob Riis was born on May 3, 1849, in Denmark, and immigrated to the United States in 1870 on a ship. Upon his arrival in New York City, Riis…

Could a photo of a family in a house show suffering? Dorothea Lange’s Living Conditions of Workers in Agriculture on whom Depend the Crops of California, Family of Migratory Cotton Pickers, Originally for Oklahoma, Living in Abandoned Cow Barn, Note Bed in Corner, Kern County, California (Family in Barn) offers an unusual view of Dust Bowl migrant workers that were displaced due to agricultural damage. Unlike many of her other photographs, Family in Barn does not depict squatters, or struggling…

perspective and opinion on one exact thing such as a political issue, the appearance of a certain individual, object, etc. The poems “My Country” by Dorothea Mackellar and “We Are Going” by Oodgeroo Noonuccal are both written in their own personal perspectives and give readers an insight into Australia’s exquisite environment and past tragedies. In Dorothea Mackellar’s poem “My Country”, she shares her admiration for Australia’s beauty and danger, landscape/geographical features and her personal…