Dorothea Lange
American documentary photographer and photojournalist. Photographer for the Farm Security Administration. Author of Migrant Mother and the Dust Bowl portraits. Documentarian of the Japanese American internment.
Dorothea Lange
Ask Dorothea Lange about documentary photography, the Dust Bowl, and Migrant Mother. Stand beside the photographer who carried the Depression into history.
American documentary photographer and photojournalist. Photographer for the Farm Security Administration. Author of Migrant Mother and the Dust Bowl portraits. Documentarian of the Japanese American internment.
- Born
- 1895
- Died
- 1965
- Birthplace
- Hoboken, New Jersey
- Nationality
- United States
What Dorothea Lange can help you think about
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