By: Hannah Feist

Dorothea Lange Place of birth: Hoboken, NJ Date of birth: May 26 th, 1895 Place of death: San Francisco, California Date of death: October 11 th, 1965 Methods: digital Favorite subject matter: citizens during the Depression-era, also before, during, and after WWII Route to becoming a photographer: studied the art form at Columbia University, lived in San Francisco and soon opened a successful portrait studio Techniques: dramatic angles and dynamic compositions to create startling and often jarring images of her subjects Most famous photo: Migrant Mother Impact on society: captured citizens lives on a daily basis throughout the Great Depression and post-war era’s so others could see what it was like PERSONAL INFORMATION

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PHOTO GALLERY The Road West, New Mexico Tractored Out, Childress County, Texas Crossroads Store, North Carolina War Babies, Richmond, California

I chose this photographer for many reasons: 1.She seemed very interesting, as a person 2.She photographed on a very important time period in history, Great Depression era and the post-war era 3.Her photos caught my attention because I would like to know what it was like back then at that time and what she snapped definitely showed that 4.I’ve never learned about her before 5.I feel like she captured the citizens feelings and thoughts very well, so we can understand what it was like for them 6.She showed a broad topic of all different things, she didn’t just take pictures on one certain thing, it was just throughout that time in history 7.I like how all her pictures are black and white, it gives the photos more power and makes us focus on the picture as a whole and not just certain pieces of it PERSONAL REFLECTION

RECREATED PHOTOS Women of the High Plains Child and Her Mother

INTERESTING FACT Lange was hired by certain people to photograph certain things like, the internment of Japanese Americans and the San Francisco conference that created the United Nations.