Dorothea Lange

"Richard Moore Photographs has a special interest in work by photographers combining masterful artistic execution with a documentary point of view. Two important women photographers who exemplify these qualities are Dorothea Lange and Tina Modotti.  Both photographers created iconic images widely reproduced and valued by museums and collectors. These early printings are rarely seen images by these two remarkable photographers.

During the early 1930s, Dorothea Lange left her successful portrait studio and hit the city streets of San Francisco, working in a documentary style that brought dignity and empathy to her subjects while still showing the damage of economic hard times. The Wagner Labor Act of 1935, guarantees the right of employees in the private sector to organize trade unions and engage in collective bargaining. Ferociously challenged by business groups, the law was ruled to be constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1937. This powerful and direct photograph, made by Dorothea Lange during the height of The Great Depression, portrays a newspaper vendor who may have been directly impacted by the high court’s decision." - Richard Moore

Founded in 2000, Richard Moore Photographs is a private dealer of photographs, primarily vintage works by 19th and 20th century American photographers. Specialties include California photography, The Photo-Secession, Group f/64, Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographers, Social Documentary photography and Photo-journalism.  Richard Moore has served on the AIPAD Board of Directors since 2011 and is currently President.