Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs showing the United State's poor families during the Depression influenced the development of documentary photography.
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| Dorothea Lange in 1936; photographer | |
| Born | May 25, 1895 Hoboken, New Jersey |
| Died | October 11, 1965 (aged 70) San Francisco, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Photography |
Lange was born on May 26, 1895, in Hoboken, New Jersey.[1] In 1914 Lange started her career working in the studio of photographer Arnold Genthe. She also studied with Clarence Hudson White at Columbia University.[2] In 1919 Lange opened her own portrait studio in San Francisco, California.[3]
In 1935 Lange began working for the Resettlement Administration which was later renamed the Farm Security Administration. In 1936 she took her best-known photograph Migrant Mother.[2]
Lange died on October 11, 1965, in San Francisco, California.[1]
A retrospective exhibition of her work was held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1966.[4]
Notable works
Lange's Migrant Mother
Children at the Weill public school in San Francisco in April 1942, prior to the internment of Japanese Americans.
A Japanese American unfurled this banner the day after the Pearl Harbor attack; Lange photographed it in March 1942, just prior to his internment.
Dorothea Lange Media
Lange in 1936 holding a Graflex 4×5 camera atop a Ford Model 40 in California, photographed by her assistant Rondal Partridge.
"Broke, baby sick, and car trouble!" (1937)
Children at the Weill public school in San Francisco pledge allegiance to the American flag in April 1942, prior to the internment of Japanese Americans
Grandfather and grandson at Manzanar Relocation Center
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dorothea Lange". Britannica. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dorothea Lange ~ Dorothea Lange Biography with Photo Gallery | American Masters | PBS". American Masters. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ↑ "Dorothea Lange". International Center of Photography. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ↑ "Dorothea Lange | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
Other websites
Media related to Dorothea Lange at Wikimedia Commons
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