Artist research - Dorothea lange

Dorothea Lange is an artist I feel whose work stays with you. Her work is often based on social and political issues within society and documents this using methods such as portraiture. She used a black and white film camera to shoot her images, this is something that I feel emphasises the images and allows you to truly connect with the images and the story that they are trying to tell. The project that I am especially drawn to is ‘Depression – Era America’. I am especially drawn to the images in this project because of the pose of the models, how their body language alone tells a story and allows the viewer to get an insight on what they must be experiencing during this time. Poses and positioning of the model is something that I feel will be very important within my project 'These Four Walls' in order to tell a story and bring emotion to my viewers.