Dorothea LangeIlyana A. Causing

Dorothy LangeAn American documentary photographer and photojournalist

Date of Birth: May 26, 1895Place of Birth: Hoboken, New Jersey

Studied photography at Columbia University, New York City

Worked with the federal Resettlement Administration (RA) / Farm Security Administration (FSA) from 1935 to 1939

Dorothea LangeHer style is Documentary Photography

Techniques applied were lexicon of modernisms – dramatic angles and dynamic compositions

Her works influenced the development of documentary photography

Her work usually are portraits of displaced farmers during the Great Depression

Her photographs also humanized the consequences of the Great Depression

Other works also include pots-war years images

Camera: Graflex Super D The Graflex Super D was equipped with

the ƒ: 5,6 Kodak 190 mm Lens.

Manufactured from 1941 - 1963

The White Angel Breadline (1933)

Drawn to the lines of people waiting for worker's compensation or food relief, the image of this elderly man waiting for food at the soup kitchen embodies the depressed mood of the times. 

Migrant Mother (1936)

The indescribably poignant expression on Thompson's face stands out from between the bowed heads of her sons, whose presence reveals the nature of her concerns.

Plantation Overseer and His Field Hands (1936)

The white man with his foot resting on the car seems to be proudly showing off his belongings, including the four black men in the background. The positioning of the men so conveniently fits into Lange's social commentary as to be almost comical, echoing what is ridiculous in the very concept of racial discrimination between whites and blacks.

Members of the Mochida Family (1942)

This is a photo of the members of the Mochida family awaiting an evacuation bus. Identification tags are used to aid in keeping the family unit intact during all phases of evacuation.

The solemnity and portrait style of this photograph counteracts the indignity of the Mochida family's pending internment. The tags that hang from their clothing are clearly displayed, echoing those on their luggage and drawing attention to their treatment as less than human. 

Argument in a Trailer Camp (1944)

The strained relationship between this couple represents the tension caused by changing gender roles, as women increasingly joined the workforce during the war years. With the woman in the lighted foreground, Lange casts the female into the role of actor, while the man is relegated to the shadows.