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Photo Stories: Dorothea Lange's Photography in the Great Depression (Kids)
Katherine Causbie - Photography
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(1,062)
A guided exploration of the images of famous photographer Dorothea Lange, who worked as a photojournalist during the Great Depression.
Class experience
US Grade 4 - 7
“While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see." Learn about the life and work of Dorothea Lange, and her use of the camera as a vehicle to show people the stories of situations that they may live very far removed from. When the Great Depression hit in 1929, she turned her camera from her portrait subjects to the social conditions on the...
I hold a BA in Studio Art/Photography and Psychology, and am a photographer and Montessori assistant teacher. As an educator I have experience teaching mindfulness and photography to children pre-K through teenage years.
A handout overview of what we discuss will be provided. As a 1-time class there is no formal assignment, but to apply the principles discussed students will need access to some kind of camera.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Dorothea's photographs cover poverty, the Great Depression, racial inequity, and Japanese Interment during WWII. She was critical of segregation and internment, and we will discuss how her photographs showed people the harm caused by those policies.
Dorothea Lange : Words & Pictures. 9 Feb. - 19 Sept. 2020, Museum of Modern Art, Virtual Views. Lange Dorothea and Linda Gordon. Dorothea Lange. Second ed. Aperture Foundation 2014. Lange Dorothea et al. Impounded : Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American Internment. W.W. Norton & Company 2008. Lawrence Kerri. “Correcting the Record on Dorothea Lange’s Japanese Internment Photos.” National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, 16 Feb. 2017, www.archives.gov/news/articles/japanese-internment-75th-anniversary. Taylor Dyanna et al. directors. Dorothea Lange : Grab a Hunk of Lightning. PBS Distribution 2014.
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(1,062)
Hello! I am a teacher on Outschool who loves to share artistic photography and human-animal psychology classes! My goal is to offer high-quality learning experiences that support curiosity, inspiration, and understanding. All classes are held...
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$15
per classMeets once
45 min
Completed by 18 learners
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Ages: 8-12
2-5 learners per class
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