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Hansel Mieth’s Camera is a Tool for Social Justice

On this day in 1929, the photography collection Simple Life: Photographs from America was released, so we’re celebrating its photographer, Hansel Mieth! 

Johanna (nicknamed Hansel) Mieth was born in Oppelsbohm, Germany to a strict and religious family. She ran away from home at 15 with her lover and fellow photographer Otto Hagel.read more.

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The Photography of Hansel Mieth: The Story Is in the Roots

The Cotton Picker photograph by Hansel Mieth
What a gift I found the day I visited the Sonoma County Museum and began to see the world through the shutter of Mieth’s camera.
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