Dorothea Lange was a photographer born in 1895 who is best known for her documentary photos taken during the Great Depression that captured the hardship faced by farmers and migrant workers. Some of her most famous photos include "Migrant Mother" from 1936, which depicts a mother and her children, and a series of photos taken of a woman named Florence Thompson and her children in a pea pickers' camp. Lange worked to document the human impact of the Depression through photos she took while leading the Information Division of the Farm Security Administration. Her black and white photos helped bring awareness to the struggles of ordinary Americans during this difficult time period.

1. Dorothea Lange
By: Itzel Molano

2. Dorothea Lange
● Dorothea Lange was born in Hoboken, New Jersey May 26, 1895 and died
October 11, 1965.
● Lange’s main theme for her photographs is The Great Depression which
caused a lot of sadness and hurt for the men, farmers, children, and women.

3. What is Lange known for ?
● Lange is known for taking documentary photos during The Great Depression.
● She’s also known for leading the Information Division of Farm Security
Administration ( FSA).

4. Interesting details
● At age 7 Lange contracted polio, weakening her right leg and foot.
● She studied art form at Columbia University.
● Lange was married and lived in San Francisco, as well as running a portrait
studio.
● As she started traveling she took documentary photographs of Native
Americans.
● In the early 1930’s she left her husband and traveled through the FSA taking
photos during the hardships of the farmers
● Dorothea Lange is really know for “ Migrant Mother” photo. Which made her
more famous.

5. Florence Thompson and her children in a pea pickers' camp.
March 1936.
● This photo has the same subject as the
“ Migrant Mother “ . This was taken in
Nipomo California.
● This is part of a series of photographs
made of Florence and her children.
● It was taken with a Graflex camera.
● The original negatives are “4x5” film.

6. "Migrant Mother"(California, 1936).
● This is Lange’s most famous photo. It captures the pain of an Migrant
Mother.

7. Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother Series 3, Nipomo, California, 1936,

8. "Migrant Agricultural Worker's Family" by
Dorothea Lange, 1936 (LOC)
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9. ● During Dorothea Lange photographs she
would take notes about her subjects. She
would record the location, date, what was said
about their lives.
Dorothea Lange, changing places
with an agricultural worker. 1937.

10. ● In this photo it’s
showing a desperate
girl.
● Like in Dorothea
Lange’s photographs
were taken during a
desperate and
hardship time.

11. ● Lange photographed children living in a camp hiding inside a building with their
faces looking out.

12. ● The children look really sad.
● There outside sitting against the fence with
no parents around.
● The little girl looks cold because she has no
covering for her legs.
● Black and white photo copying her style

13. ● The desperation of
the woman’s face.
● The focus is on
the woman not the
children in the
background.

14. ● Mother feeding her child.
● Holding them in a loving matter.

15. The reason why I choosed Dorothea Lange was because I knew about her
photographs. One reason why I liked her style is that it was during a hard time,
The Great Depression. She took pictures of everyday people. They were not
models, the pictures were taken of their lives. Compared to my photographs and
Dorothea Lange I actually had to use models and props to make it look like they
were living in the hardship times.

16. websites
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Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2016.
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/lange/
"The History Place - Dorothea Lange Photo Gallery: Migrant Farm Families." The History Place -
Dorothea Lange Photo Gallery: Migrant Farm Families. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2016.
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/bios/dorothea-lange/?scrlybrkr=fe2b590c
● "Dorothea Lange Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works." The Art Story. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov.
2016.