A photographer to rembember Dorothea Lange A photographer to rembember

Dorothea Lange Born: May 26, 1895, Hoboken, NJ Died: October 11, 1965, San Francisco, CA Black and white She took many photos of the great depression Library of Congress. As Taylor would later note, Lange’s access to the inner lives of these struggling Americans was the result of patience and careful consideration of the people she photographed. “Her method of work,” Taylor later said, “was often to just saunter up to the people and look around, and then when she saw something that she wanted to photograph, to quietly take her camera, look at

Dorothea Lange Many of Lange's documentary photographs borrow techniques from the lexicon of modernism - dramatic angles and dynamic compositions - to produce startling and often jarring images of her subjects. migrant mother, dorothea lange, florence owens thompson, fsa, the great depression Migratory boy, aged eleven, and his grandmother work side by side picking hops. Started work at five a.m. Photograph made at noon. Temperature 105 degrees.

Best know photos Sunday Best: 1936 In the Beans: 1939 Children at the El Monte subsistence homesteads

Migrant farmers migratory cotton picker I love this photo because of the texture and the look on the women's and child's face you can see the emotion they look scared and help less. I like this photo because of the black and white and how the man is covering his face as if he is hiding something and you do not know what it is.

Dorothea Lange - Young woman with umbrella, Louisiana, 1937 I like this photo for many reasons first I like how it is black and white and taken at a amazing angle also it makes you wonder what she it thinking about.

Why I chose Dorothea Lange I chose this photographer because all he photos tell a story and you can see and feel the emotion of all the pictures. Also the are all of the great depression which is a time filled with emotion and amazing photo done by my photographer.

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