Dorothea Lange was a documentary photographer known for her Depression-era images and portraits. She began her career as a portrait photographer in San Francisco in the 1920s. In the 1930s, she began documenting the impacts of the Great Depression and issues facing migrant agricultural workers for the Farm Security Administration. One of her most iconic photos was her 1936 image "Migrant Mother." Throughout her career, she continued photographing issues of social justice, including the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII and her travels documenting people in Asia and North Africa.