Uploaded July 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing
“The human face is the universal language. The same expressions are readable, understandable all over the world… a slight twinge of a few muscles runs the gamut of that person’s potential.” —Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange’s photographs have become universal emblems of human need. See how empathy and compassion—focused through art—can trigger political action and social change. Extended by popular demand, Dorothea Lange: Politics Of Seeing is on view at the Oakland Museum of California now through August 27, 2017.
Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing
“The human face is the universal language. The same expressions are readable, understandable all over the world… a slight twinge of a few muscles runs the gamut of that person’s potential.” —Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange’s photographs have become universal emblems of human need. See how empathy and compassion—focused through art—can trigger political action and social change. Extended by popular demand, Dorothea Lange: Politics Of Seeing is on view at the Oakland Museum of California now through August 27, 2017.
