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Women, Workers, and Race in LIFE Magazine - Hansel Mieth's Reform Photojournalism, 1934-1955 (Paperback)
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Women, Workers, and Race in LIFE Magazine - Hansel Mieth's Reform Photojournalism, 1934-1955 (Paperback)
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The tension between social reform photography and photojournalism
is examined through this study of the life and work of German
emigre 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
Life's typical representations of women, workers, and minorities.
Some of her most compelling photo essays used skillful visual
storytelling to offer fresh views on controversial topics: birth
control, vivisection, labor unions, and Japanese American
internment during the Second World War. Her dual role as reformer
and photojournalist made her a desirable commodity at Life in the
late 1930s and early 40s, but this role became untenable in Cold
War America, when her career was cut short. Today Mieth's life and
photographs stand as compelling reminders of the vital yet
overlooked role of immigrant women in twentieth-century
photojournalism. Women, Workers, and Race in LIFE Magazine draws
upon a rich array of primary sources, including Mieth's unpublished
memoir, oral histories, and labor archives. The book seeks to
unravel and understand the multi-layered, often contested stories
of the photographer's life and work. It will be of interest to
scholars of photography history, women's studies, visual culture,
and media history.
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