Dorothea's Eyes

<b><b>An excellent beginner's resource for biography U.S. history and women's studies. --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b> <p/><b>Here is the powerful and inspiring biography of Dorothea Lange activist social reformer and one of the founders of documentary photography.</b></b> <p/>After a childhood bout of polio left her with a limp all Dorothea Lange wanted to do was disappear. <p/>But her desire not to be seen helped her learn how to blend into the background and observe. With a passion for the artistic life and in spite of her family's disapproval Lange pursued her dream to become a photographer and focused her lens on the previously unseen victims of the Great Depression. <p/>This poetic biography tells the emotional story of Lange's life and includes a gallery of her photographs an author's note a timeline and a bibliography.