Dorothea Lange

The Carlo Maria Martini Diocesan Museum in Milanin collaboration with CAMERA - Italian Centre for Photography in Turin, presents Dorothea Langeexhibition dedicated to the great American photographer at 130 years since its birth, edited by Walter Guadagnini e Monica Poggi.

Via 140 shotsThe exhibition traces Lange's career from the 1930swhen he abandoned studio portraiture to document the dramatic social and economic transformations in the United States: the Wall Street crash, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, the rural poverty. Emblematic in this context is the famous image Migrant Motheruniversal symbol of pain e dignity.

Later, during the World War IILange photographs theForced internment of American citizens of Japanese descentdenouncing one of the most controversial pages of US history with a critical eye.

With extraordinary empathy e narrative power, Dorothea Lange has been able to tell the faces of theinjustice and themarginalisationoffering a visual testimony that remains deeply topical, touching on crucial issues such as the poverty, the migrations, the discrimination and the environmental crisis.

Evening entrance to the exhibition
Monday to Sunday, 5.30 pm - 10.30 pm (access from Corso di Porta Ticinese, 95)
Last admission: 10 p.m.

The evening slot exclusively includes the aperitif formula: € 12.00 with first drink at InChiostro Bistrot and entrance to the exhibition.

There is no pre-purchase or reservation.
No reductions or gratuities are applied during this time slot, and the Abbonamento Musei Lombardia is not valid.