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Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother"Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) began her career as a photographer at age 22, working in a portrait studio. When the Great Depression (1929-1940) devastated the American economy and put millions out of work, she turned to documentary photography.

Lange became famous for her pictures of migrants: poor farmers and laborers who moved around the country in search of work. She often took photographs for the federal government's Farm Security Administration (FSA). The FSA wanted her to document the terrible conditions caused by the Depression and to show government efforts to help them. Her most famous photograph is "The Migrant Mother," (right).




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