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.
Dorothea Lange | |
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 Dorothea Lange in 1936; photographer | |
| Born | Dorothea Nutzhorn[1] May 25, 1895 |
| Died | October 11, 1965 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Photography |
Lange was born on May 26, 1895, in Hoboken, New Jersey.[2] In 1914 Lange started her career working in the studio of photographer Arnold Genthe. She also studied with Clarence Hudson White at Columbia University.[3] In 1919 Lange opened her own portrait studio in San Francisco, California.[4]
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.[3]
Lange died on October 11, 1965, in San Francisco, California.[2]
A retrospective exhibition of her work was held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1966.[5]
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.
References
- "Dorothea Lange + Migrant Mother". The Kennedy Center. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- "Dorothea Lange". Britannica. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- "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.
