As an amateur photographer myself I have to say that Dorothea Lange was a fantastic photographer. I disagree with her politics but her photography was fantastic. Here's a link to one of the very first photographs she took:
Anon: this might seem impertinent to your comment, but I don't think so; how old are you?
jhc
17 years ago
Wow, what a flashback! My great-grandfather owned & ran a store just like that one -- with one of the same style of gasoline pump -- in southwestern Virginia.
It was closed by the time I was old enough to remember seeing it, but the building and pump were still there.
dave.s.
17 years ago
If you like that photo, Shorpy's will waste all the time you thought was spare: http://www.shorpy.com/
As an amateur photographer myself I have to say that Dorothea Lange was a fantastic photographer. I disagree with her politics but her photography was fantastic. Here's a link to one of the very first photographs she took:
http://www.mindspring.com/~davidmbernstein/whiteangel.jpg
Awesome, isn't it?
I can't put my finger on it, but something about that photo does not look genuine.
Anon: this might seem impertinent to your comment, but I don't think so; how old are you?
Wow, what a flashback! My great-grandfather owned & ran a store just like that one -- with one of the same style of gasoline pump -- in southwestern Virginia.
It was closed by the time I was old enough to remember seeing it, but the building and pump were still there.
If you like that photo, Shorpy's will waste all the time you thought was spare: http://www.shorpy.com/