Photographer

Dorothea Lange

Hoboken, USA

1895-1965

Well Known Works

Migrant Mother

Short Bio

Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer whose work chronicled the Great Depression, especially its impact on rural Americans. Employed by the Farm Security Administration (FSA), her iconic images, like "Migrant Mother," humanized the era's hardships and influenced the development of documentary photography.

Works

Stepping Off, Little Man, San..., 1956–2022

California Ranch-Style, 1938

Korean Child, 1958

Migratory Cotton Picker, Eloy, AZ, 1940

F.S.A. Bob Lemmons, Coirrizo Springs, Texas, 1936

J.R.Butler, Head of the Southern Tenant..., 1938

Untitled (Portrait of an unknown man), 1934, 1934

Group of 5 Farm Security Administration , 1936–1939

Built in Texas by Texans (Berkeley,..., 1959

San Francisco Street, 1950–1959

Migrant Mother, 1936

Consumer Economy, Porch of General Store, 1956