Dorthea Lange

Dorthea Lange was born May 26 1985 in Hoboken New Jersey. She experienced two tragedies in her early life. At the age of 7 Dorthea contracted polio and at the age of 12 her father abandoned her family. As a result She took on her mother's maiden name, Lange.
Lange studied in New York in a class taught by Clarence White. She also apprenticed with Arnold Genthe. With the on set of the depression Dorthea to her camera to the streets. Between 1935-1938 Dorthea worked for the RA and FSA, photographing the poor, migrant workers, and share croppers. Bringing national attention of the reality of the great depression. Her most famously noted work being the "Migrant Mother".

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