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Dorothea Lange (1895 - 1965)
Dorothea Lange (1895 - 1965)
Born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn, on May 26, 1895, in Hoboken, New Jersey
A documentary photographer and photojournalist best known for her Depression Era work
Studied photography at Columbia University and worked for the US Farm Security Administration
Was the first woman to have her own retrospective exhibit, it opened three months after she died in 1965
President Franklin Roosevelt sent photographer Dorothea Lange out west through the Farm Security Administration (part of the New Deal) to document what was going on. Her most famous image is Migrant Mother. Migrant Mother is such an important photograph, it is preserved in the Library of Congress. You can see more of her images in the MoMA collection.
What do you notice? ✏️ What do you wonder? ✏️ What do you like or dislike?
What do you notice? ✏️ What do you wonder? ✏️ What do you like or dislike?
Dorothea Lange
Library of Congress, 1936Dorothea Lange
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