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Dorothea Lange
American photojournalist (1895-1965) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | Dorothea Nutzhorn[1] (1895-05-25)May 25, 1895 |
Died | October 11, 1965(1965-10-11) (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]