Dorothea Lange

“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it

still.”

Who was, who is Dorothea Lange?

• Sister• Wife• Daughter• Mother• One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century

Early Life

• Born•Age 7 • “Limpy”

• “Cloak of Invisibility”

A Budding Photographer

• Mother wanted her to be a teacher• Instead…Bought 1st camera• Became a portrait photographer•1918- moved to San Francisco • Opened own portrait studio• Married painter Maynard Dixon in 1920

The Great Depression

Era

The Migrant Mother

The World War II Era

Later Life

•Ansel Adams partnership•Aperture Magazine• Photo shift

Death

•Health problems• Died of cancer on October 11th, 1965

Photographic Technique

Achievements

The Legacy Lives On

“I feel myself more like a cipher, a person that can be used for a lot of

things and I like that…You asked me about deciding to be a photographer,

but over everything, I think, all my decisions right along…have been

instinctive.”

Fin

Sources:

•http://www.theartstory.org/artist-lange-dorothea.htm•http://lumieregallery.net/wp/172/dorothea-lange/ • http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/Dorothea-Lange.html•http://www.shorpy.com/dorothea-lange-photographs •http://www.dorothea-lange.org/Resources/AboutLange.htm •http://www.photography-art-cafe.com/dorothea-lange.html •http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2006/3/06.03.10.x.html •http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92656801 • Photographs courtesy of Google images