Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange had established her reputation as a photographer when she was asked by the War Relocation Authority to document the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. She took photos both before and after the internment, showing Japanese Americans from high school, some from elementary school, a family standing, waiting to be sent to Tanforan, and at Manzanar.

That part takes up one chapter of the book, the rest of the book being a biography of what her life was like and how she took up photography. Her photos were in black-and-white and were often marvelous in how they captured the feelings of the people she was photographing.

Very good book.

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