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Dorothea Lange
A Synopsis of Six Photographers
Changed her last name to Lange after her parents divorced
Married twiceHad two sons with her first husbandDied from esophageal cancer in October 1965Had polio at age seven, damaged her right
leg and foot forever
Quick Facts
Native AmericansDust BowlJapanese-American campsWorking minoritiesThe Great Depression
Bread linesLabor strikes
Subjects of photography
Iconic images, that captured hardships most Americans were facing during the Great Depression.
Migrant Mother and Migratory Cotton Worker
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First woman to win Guggenheim fellowshipDorothea Lange did not receive the outcry she wanted from the public for her pictures when she originally published them, but over time her pictures have received the deeper meaning they deserve.
Accolades
While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.
-Dorothea Lange