Migrant Mother: Dorothea Lange and an Iconic Image’s 90th Birthday

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In March 1936 Dorothea Lange made what is arguably the most well-known photograph in the world. Yet despite its ubiquity – and its popularity – decades passed before the most basic facts of its creation were known, and even those were often contested. Drawing from her experience writing a book about this singular image for The Museum of Modern Art, Executive Director of Aperture, Sarah Meister, will reflect on its ninety-year history and its continued significance today and subsequently engage in a discussion with scholars and museum curators from Munich.

This event will take place in conversation with:

• Dr. Franziska Lampe, Deputy Head Photothek, Central Institute of Art History (ZI)
• Sonja Palade, Research Fellow of the Ann and Jürgen Wilde Foundation, Bavarian State Painting Collections
• Prof. Dr. Kerstin Schmidt, BAA Director & Chair of American Literary History at LMU Munich
• Moderation: Dr. Dominik Brabant, Deputy Director, Central Institute of Art History (ZI)

Please register via https://eveeno.com/325068296.

Organizers: The evening with Sarah Meister launches the event series “The Eye of the Camera: Art, Politics, and Perception in American Photography,” which is jointly organized by the Bavarian American Academy (BAA), Munich’s Central Institute of Art History (ZI), and the Amerika Institut at LMU Munich.

Preisinformation:

Admission is free. Please register beforehand.