Women, Workers, and Race in LIFE Magazine: Hansel Mieth's Reform Photojournalism, 1934-1955

by Dolores Flamiano

The tension between social reform photography and photojournalism is examined through this study of the life and work of German ?migr? Hansel Mieth (1909-1998), who made an unlikely journey from migrant farm worker to Life photographer. She was the second woman in that role, after Margaret Bourke-White. Unlike her colleagues, Mieth was a working-class reformer with a deep disdain for Life's conservatism and commercialism. In fact, her work often subverted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472456300
• ISBN13: 9781472456304
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"