Product Description

Published for the first time in trade paperback, "Dorothea Lange's Ireland" showcases some of her finest work--as well as some of her least well-known. Accompanying the photographs are text by Gerry Mullins which describes Lange's motivation to go to Ireland, her travels there, and the subjects of her photographs, and an essay by Lange's son, Daniel Dixon, who traveled with her. 106 photos $20,000 marketing budget.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1043628 in Books
• Published on: 1998-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 120 pages

Amazon.com Review
As she demonstrated so indelibly in her photographs of Dust Bowl refugees, the great documentary photographer understood, above all else, the relationship between people and land. Inspired by a book analyzing the social and economic traditions of rural Ireland, Lange traveled to the country in 1954 with her son, writer Daniel Dixon, to record these soulful images of farmers, peasants and schoolchildren. Gerry Mullins' rediscovery of these photographs, most of them published here for the first time, is a major find; his and Dixon's appreciation set Lange's work in context without letting the words get in the way.

From Library Journal
Internationally famous documentary photographer Lange (1895-1965) spent six weeks in Ireland in 1954. This book of over 100 black-and-white photographs depicting the people and customs of Irish country life is the result of that trip. Lange took her camera to the countryside to photograph the lives of rural Irish shopkeepers, farmers, and schoolchildren involved in daily chores and in ordinary activity. Best known for her photographs of struggling migrant farm workers during the Great Depression (her trademark photograph is "Migrant Mother," Nipomo, California, 1936), Lange also concentrates on the people in this work, with the rural countryside as background. Throughout, the reader gets a sense of the lifestyle, concerns, and humanity of her subjects. The essays are informative and put the photographs in the context of today's Ireland?not so very different from what Lange captured some 30 years ago. This beautiful book is recommended for all travel and photography collections.?Janine A. Reid, Jefferson Cty. P.L., Lakewood, Col.
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From Booklist
There will be no finer book for St. Patrick's Day this year than this selection from the 2,400 exposures that Lange, premier photographer of the Great Depression among U.S. farmworkers, made mostly in western Ireland's County Clare in 1954. These pictures are as powerful and evocative as Lange's Depression work because of her deep affinity for farmers and farming communities. But whereas in America she had to deal with the massive disruption of agricultural life, in Ireland she was able to document a reasonably stable culture. Not a wealthy or cushy one in any way: the interiors of homes were very sparely furnished; the men's everyday work clothes smelled, Lange's son, Daniel Dixon, recalls, "like a compost pit" and their only other clothes were for Sunday mass; the market towns were dank and drab; and many of the young had to emigrate to find a livelihood. But the people Lange photographed are vital and warm, the countryside is obviously productive, and those spare households are clean and inviting. Ray Olson

Customer Reviews

wonderful
A wonderful book showing the people of Ireland from the past. It is my favorite coffee table book