Dorothea Lange left a successful portrait studio to photograph the effects of the Great Depression, producing images for federal agencies that became central to American documentary photography. During World War II she also documented the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans, work that the government restricted.
Photography
Artist Films
Dorothea Lange: The camera teaches people how to see
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Major Works
- Migrant Mother
- White Angel Breadline
- Ditched, Stalled and Stranded
- Toward Los Angeles, California
- Tractored Out
- Hoe Culture, Alabama
- Japanese American Evacuation series
- Children of the Weill Public School
- Pea Picker Family
- Crossroads General Store
Interviews & Writing
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