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Georgia road sign

  • $85.00

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Add Custom Frame

SHIPPING FOR FRAMES ONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN U.S.

Add Custom Frame

SHIPPING FOR FRAMES ONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN U.S.

Add Custom Frame

SHIPPING FOR FRAMES ONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN U.S.

Dorothea Lange's life on the road wasn't all solemn images of the Great Depression. In her travels, Lange photographed quite a few interesting signs, both manufactured and hand-painted, in between images of migrant workers and their struggles. This particular sign, found on a Georgia roadside in 1937, has been on our radar for quite some time. Its graphic hand-painted lettering and seemingly confident misspelling lends it a quirky sense of humor. Was the sign-maker letting drivers know there was tasty food to be found down the way or warning them about meat thieves? Did HAMBUGLARS mean something in the 1930s that we're unaware of today? The possibilities are endless and certainly amusing to consider.

The road sign series is a bit of a surprise to find among the more well-known and somber photographs in Dorothea Lange's body of work. But humor could be, and was, found, even in the country's darkest times, and that's always something to celebrate.

(Psst! Peek into Dorothea Lange's mind, via Jason Polan, in his piece, right here on our blog!)

 

"Do you think there were snakes in that tall grass? Do you think Dorothea Lange was thinking about them right before she took this picture? Was it windy out? I bet it was. I bet she was hungry while she was working on getting the picture and scared of poisonous snakes but thought, “I will not eat until I get this picture.” She took slow steps and framed the sign just off center to the right to make sure she got a piece of the road in the shot, while keeping the letters exactly the size she wanted them. She also liked the tilt of that tall tree on the other side of the road and didn’t want it to hit too close to the left edge of the composition." ... Read more from Jason Polan on the blog!

+ Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Handcrafted custom-framing is available

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

Innova Fibaprint Warm Cotton Gloss

Edition Structure:
8"x8" | edition of 20
11"x11" | edition of 500
16"x16" | edition of 50
20"x20" | edition of 20