Dorothea lang biography
Dorothea lange biography book!
Dorothea Lange
American photojournalist (1895–1965)
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).
Dorothea lang biography
Lange's photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the consequences of the Great Depression.[1]
Early life
Lange was born in Hoboken, New Jersey[2][3] to second-generation German immigrants Johanna Lange and Heinrich Nutzhorn.[4] She had a younger brother named Martin.[4] Two early events shaped Lange's path as a photographer.
First, at age seven she contracted polio, which left her with a weakened right leg and a permanent limp.[2][3] "It formed me, guided me, instructed me, helped me, and humiliated me," Lange once said of her altered gait.
"I've never gotten over it, and I am aware