Walking Wounded, Oakland
Oakland, CA, 1954
Dorothea Lange
Film negative
Gift of Paul S. Taylor
4 in x 5 in
A67.137.45048.1
© The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California.
I am trying here to say something about the despised, the defeated, the alienated. About death and disaster. About the wounded, the crippled, the helpless, the rootless, the dislocated. About duress and trouble. About finality. About the last ditch.
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During her lifetime Lange’s photographs appeared in a variety of exhibitions and publications, sometimes years after they were taken. This often resulted in multiple titles for the same image.
During her lifetime Lange’s photographs appeared in a variety of exhibitions and publications, sometimes years after they were taken. This often resulted in multiple titles for the same image.
Last Ditch - Man w/ Crutch