Dorothea

Lange
Kaumron Eidgahy
Mrs. Smolonsky
Photography 1: Period 1
Background Info
Birth: May 26, 1895 in Hoboken, New Jersey
Death: October 11, 1965
She got polio at age 7 but she became almost appreciative
of the disease as she grew both in age and as a person
Studied photography at Columbia University
[Polio] was the most important thing that happened to me
and formed me, guided me, instructed me, helped me and
humiliated me. Dorothea Lange
Influences and Style
Parents stressed art and literature
Apprentice for Arnold Genthe (pictured above), a leading
portrait photographer who influenced her photography
Wanted to provoke society to correct the injustices she
saw through her camera
Access to the inner lives of struggling Americans through
photography
First woman awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
(1940)
Portrait studio 1918
Great Depression (1930s): photographed labor
strikes and breadlines as well as migrant farmers
During World War II she photographed the captive
Japanese Americans


Achievements and Work
Bring the viewer to your side, include
him in your thought. He is not a
bystander. You have the power to
increase his perceptions and
conceptions. Dorothea Lange
Migrant Mother
Migrant Mother, Black and White Photography, Nipomo,
California, 1936
That Boy of Mine
That Boy of Mine, Black and White Photography, California,
1936
Family Trip
Family Trip, Black and White Photography, Route 70,
Arizona, 1937
References
"Dorothea Lange." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2014. Web.
08 Oct. 2014. <http://www.biography.com/people/dorothea-
lange-9372993#final-years>.
"Shorpy.com." Shorpy.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2014.
<http://www.shorpy.com/dorothea-lange-photographs>.