About Daring to Look
Welcome to the DARING TO LOOK website.
Here you can read a few of Lange’s many reports from the book, view some of the photographs, and learn about the mysteries the book investigates.
Here you can also trace Lange’s footsteps in the field, see other photographs that are not in the book and learn about what happened to the places and people whose stories she told.
Go to LANGE to hear Dorothea Lange reflect describe her approach to photography and to see a timeline of her life.
Go to 1939 to accompany Lange in the field, day by day, and to see what she saw, and to find out what was happening in the nation and the world at the time.
Go to STORIES to read a few of Lange’s reports and to meet in 2006 some of the families she photographed in 1939.
Go to THEN AND NOW to explore the difference between the places Lange found in 1939 and the way they appear today.
Go to SPIRN to hear how Anne Whiston Spirn found Lange’s “lost” documents and how the book DARING TO LOOK came about.
Go to BOOK to learn more about the book itself.
Go to EXHIBIT to find out about plans for an exhibit.
Go to SCHEDULE to see a schedule of events.
Go to SOURCES for links to websites that feature Lange’s work.
Go to TEACH for more information.
Go to PRESS to see reviews of the book.
Go to CONTACT to send a message or ask a question.