Dorothea Lange was a photographer born in 1895 in New Jersey who is best known for her photos documenting the Great Depression. She photographed migrant workers and families in poor conditions throughout California in the 1930s using a Graflex or press camera. Her most famous photo "Migrant Mother" captured the struggles of migrant farm workers during the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s.
2. Who was Dorothea?
Born: May 26, 1895 in
Hoboken, N.J.
Diagnosed with polio at
age 7. No father figure
around.
Educated in photography,
New York City by Clarence
H. White.
Married to Paul Schuster
Taylor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Lange
Died: October 11,1965
3. What Type of Images?
The Great Depression
during the 1930s
Best known for taking
pictures of migrant
workers in poor
conditions.
She captured the
emotional and physical Jobless Man in California 1937
"Dorthea Lange: Duplicate Prints from the 1966
appearances of people. Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Arts." Dorthea
Lange. 2 Nov 2002. Museum of Modern Art, Web. 29
Sep 2009. <http://www.houkgallery.com/lange/
lange2.htm>.
4. When
The Great Depression
1930s
Dust Bowls during 1935
with her second husband
Pearl Harbor, of the
Japanese families
http://myhero.com/images/artist/lange/lange4.jpg
5. Where
She went up and down
California meeting
homeless families.
Oklahoma for the Dust
Bowls emigrants
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/03000/03054r.jpg
6. Dorothea’s Camera
Dorothea had a graflex
camera.
During the 1930s she
would also use a “press”
camera.
Alford, Ross. "Graflex Camera." Web. 5 Oct 2009.
<http://www.pibweb.com/ross/Campix/graflex.htm>.
7. Why
She discovered a wealth
within visual imagery.
Then decided to take
photographs.
First job was for famous
photographer Arnold
Genthe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Genthe
8. "Dorthea Lange: Duplicate Prints from the 1966 Retrospective at the Museum of
Modern Arts." Dorthea Lange. 2 Nov 2002. Museum of Modern Art, Web. 29 Sep 2009.
<http://www.houkgallery.com/lange/lange2.htm>.
