Dorothea Lange
Born May 25, 1895
Hoboken, New Jersey
Died October 11, 1965
Berkeley, California
Photographer
"I saw and approached the hungry and desperate mother, as if drawn by a magnet. I do not remember how I explained my presence or my camera to her, but I do remember she asked me no questions."
Dorothea Lange in "The Assignment I'll Never Forget: Migrant Mother"
Dorothea Lange, considered one of America's most important twentieth-century photographers, began her career as a traditional portrait photographer. However, by 1933, observing the desperate conditions of people who had lost their jobs and homes in the Depression, Lange felt compelled to leave her studio and go onto the streets in San Francisco and then into the farm country to photograph the situation. Never seeing her photographs as art, she instead wanted to use the photos to get action on aid for the poor. Eventually she would be one of the most famous Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographers. She was a perceptive observer of the human condition and used her camera to document the faces of Americans struggling through the Depression.
Early Life
Dorothea Lange was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City.
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