Dorothea Lange
American photographer and photojournalist
Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. Lange's photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the... Wikipedia
Born: May 26, 1895, Hoboken, NJ
Died: October 11, 1965 (age 70 years), San Francisco, CA
Known for: Documentary photography, photojournalism
Spouse: Paul Schuster Taylor (m. 1935–1965) and Maynard Dixon (m. 1920–1935)
Period: Social realism
Education: Columbia University (1917–1918) and Wadleigh High School for Girls
Parents: Joan Lange Nutzhorn and Henry Martin Nutzhorn
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