1. Dorothea Lange
Norma Munoz

2. Dorothea Lange Born in New Jersey on May 26, 1895.
Studied photography at Columbia University in New York.
Moved to San Francisco and in 1919 established her studio.

3. “Migrant Mother (1936)” Contributed to history.
Employed by the Farm Security of Administration (FSA).
Was well known by the photograph the “Migrant Mother”.
Thompson, thirty two year old women, mother of seven kids.

4. “Migrant Mother (1936)”
Cropped Image
Original Scene

5. “You don’t have to worriate so much and you’ve got time to raise sompin’ to eat” (1938)
Close- up
Harmonious
Emphasizes women’s beauty dignity
Balance
Symmetry

6. Cotton Weighing near Brownsville, Texas (1936)
Rule of thirds
Controversial image
Foreground/ Background
Balance

7. What can we learn from this photographer?
“ If the photographer is not a discoverer, he is not an artist. You must always see deeply into the reality of the world, like Dorothea Lange”. By Paul Strand
Your photographs can be part of history too.
Is not the way you photograph, but how you photograph.

8. Thank you for listening...
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