Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange lived from 1895-1965. She has been hailed as "America's greatest documentary photographer." She is most famous for her portrait photographs of migrant workers during the Great Depression. Lange began photographing the labor strikes and breadlines which were visible in her own city of San Francisco. She then got married in the early 1930's and she and her husband traveled for 5 years interviewing and photographing victims for the Farm Security Administration. 

"White Angel Breadline"

This photograph is taken as one of her first attempts of capturing people in her hometown before she worked for the government. At the White Angel Jungle, a soup kitchen in San Francisco, a starving man among others awaits his free meal. Many of these people rely on donations from others because of their limited resources.

"Migrant Mother"

Above is an image, "Migrant Mother," which is Lange's most notorious photograph. This photograph captures the pain and hardship of a migrant mother with her many children. It serves as a representation of what many Americans faced during the Great Depression. 

                                                                   Works Cited

• "The History Place - Dorothea Lange Photo Gallery: Migrant Farm Families." The History Place - Dorothea Lange Photo Gallery: Migrant Farm Families. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Nov. 2014.
• "SFMOMA | SFMOMA | Explore Modern Art | Our Collection | Dorothea Lange | White Angel Breadline, San Francisco." San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2014.
• Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2014