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Biography worksheet- Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange was born may 26, 1895, Hoboken, new Jersey, U.S died October 11, 1965, san

Francisco California), American documentary photographer whose portraits of displaced famers

during the great depression greatly influenced later documentary and journalistic photography.

The parents of Dorothea Lange are Joan Lange Nutzhorn (mom) and Henry Martin Nutzhorn

(dad) and she only head one sibling and that person was Martin Lange. An important event is

that Dorothea went to the teachers New York training school where she decided to become a

photographer. This move was partly influenced by the vistas to Arnold genthe, a renowned

photographer. She studied a photography course which was run by Clarence white the

Columbia university. One of Dorothea Lange achievements she got Guggenheim fellowship for

creative Arts U.S and Canada. One of Dorothea Lange’s quotes is that “life for people, beings to

crumble on the edges; they don’t realize it.” A second quote is that “you know there are

moments such as these when time stands still…”. Some personal information facts about

Dorothea Lang is that her interest in social issues began before she ever worked for the U.S

government. Another personal fact is Her best-known work is hear-universally misunderstood

and almost went in the trash.

I picked this picture because they were takin
in the great depression and it captures of
what was going on with family’s and how
the conditions where. Dorothea Lang took
this picture to show and captivate how the
great depression was.