Dorothea Lange
26 May 1895 – 11 October 1965
Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. Her photographs, including 'Migrant Mother', humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography.
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Life events
Born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn to a family of German descent.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSuffered polio at age seven, which left her with a weakened right leg and a lasting limp.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgEstablished a successful portrait photography business.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMarried the Western muralist and painter Maynard Dixon.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDocumented the plight of displaced farmers and migrant workers during the Great Depression.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMade her iconic portrait of Florence Owens Thompson in a California pea-pickers' camp.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCommissioned by the War Relocation Authority to photograph the forced relocation, though many images were impounded.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHelped found the influential photography magazine Aperture.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDied of esophageal cancer at the age of 70.
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