Dorothea Lange, lower right, amuses students, probably explaining how there is a lot more to photography than view-camera images of National Parks. Students in this photo include John Bertolino, David Johnson, Olympian--George Wallace, John Reed, Muriel Green (next to Dorothea), Bill Heick (at the back of the studio), Ruth-Marion Baruch, Benjamen Chinn, Helen Howell, and others. As dogmatic as Ansel was, he made sure there was a wide range of diverse faculty--Edward Weston, Minor White, Imogen Cunningham, Lisette Model, and Alma Lavenson. Â
and for information on the current NYMOMA exhibition, Dorothea Lange: Words and Pictures: https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5079
and a link to a recent New York Times article, "How Dorothea Lange Defined the Role of the Modern Photojournalist," https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/t-magazine/dorothea-lange.html
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