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  1. Dorothea Lange (born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn; May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA).

  2. May 22, 2024 · Dorothea Lange, American documentary photographer whose portraits of displaced farmers during the Great Depression greatly influenced later documentary and journalistic photography. Her best-known image is Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California (1936). Learn more about Lange’s life and career.

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  3. Learn about Dorothea Lange, a pioneer of social documentary photography who captured the Depression-era struggles of migrant workers and Japanese Americans. Explore her iconic images, such as Migrant Mother, and her legacy at The Museum of Modern Art.

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    • Untitled (La Estrellita, "Spanish" Dancer), San Francisco, California, 1919. "What makes this exhibition different to previous Dorothea Lange exhibitions is that we wanted to show the impact of her early training and career as a studio portrait photographer on her social documentary works," says Brookman.
    • Hopi Man, Arizona, 1923, printed 1926. Lange made Hopi Man when she was on a trip with her then-husband Maynard Dixon, a well-known painter of the American West.
    • Native American Girl, Taos, New Mexico, 1931. Native American Girl is one of a series of images of the same child that Lange took on a family trip with her husband and children.
    • White Angel Breadline, San Francisco, California, 1933. Although White Angel Breadline is often considered to be Lange's first documentary photograph, Brookman thinks otherwise.
  4. Apr 2, 2014 · Dorothea Lange was a photographer whose portraits of displaced farmers during the Great Depression greatly influenced later documentary photography.

  5. Oct 27, 2023 · Learn about the life and work of Dorothea Lange, one of the most influential documentary photographers of the 20th century. Discover how she captured the character and resilience of her subjects, from celebrities to Japanese Americans, and how she used photography to drive social change.

  6. Learn about Dorothea Lange, one of the most acclaimed documentary photographers of the 20th century. Explore her images of Depression-era America, her modernist techniques, and her social activism.