Lives | Essential Lens

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Professional Development History-Social Science The Arts

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Post-Secondary

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Lives | Essential Lens

In this twenty-minute video, youll meet five people who illuminate the lives of others through photography. Lives explores the story of human resilience and perseverance. Middle school teacher Donald Rose teaches from the Disaster and Government Responsecollection. Historian Linda Gordon shares how writing a biography of FSA photographer Dorothea Lange led to a deeper understanding of the Great Depression. Library of Congress photo curator Beverly Brannan speaks on the Librarys collections.

Documentary photographers Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick talk about the transformation of their photographs after Hurricane Katrina and working with youth in New Orleans.

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PBS Learning Media