Dorothea Lange: The Great Depression - 100+ Photographic Reproductions
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DOROTHEA LANGE: THE GREAT DEPRESSION contains 100+ Resettlement Administration and Farm Security Administration Photographic Reproductions of migrant workers, displaced farm families and sharecroppers with captioned titles,date and mini-biography.BORN: May 26, 1895 in Hoboken, New Jersey.DIED: October 11, 1965 in San Francisco, California.MEDIUM: American Social Realist PhotographyINTERESTING FACTS:§ Lange studied photography under Clarence H. White at Columbia University in New York City. She also apprenticed under several New York photographers, including famed Arnold Genthe.§ In 1919, she moved to San Francisco and opened a successful portrait studio that earned her a living for over ten years.§ In the early 1930s, Lange turned her attention to the plight of those dispossessed by the Great Depression.§ From 1935-39, Lange worked for the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration documenting displaced farm families, sharecroppers and migrant workers.§ Lange’s picture titled “Migrant Mother,” became the most iconic photograph of the Great Depression.NOTABLE WORKS:Migrant Mother, Farm Woman Stockton California, Once a Missouri Farmer, White Angel Breadline.
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Incredible pictures that capture the poverty and determination to survive. Dorothea Lange is the best photographer of her generation, male or female!