Dorothea Lange

1895 - 1965

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

movement: social realism

genre: portrait

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish, English

educated at: Columbia University, Wadleigh High School for Girls

occupation: journalist, photojournalist, photographer, documentarian, artist

award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, National Women's Hall of Fame, California Hall of Fame

Dorothea Lange (born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn; May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the consequences of the Great Depression. Source: Wikipedia (en)