Lange, Dorothea
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Name (Hebrew)
לאנג, דורותיאה
Name (Latin)
Lange, Dorothea
Other forms of name
Taylor, Dorothea Lange
Taylor, Paul Schuster, Mrs
Date of birth
1895-05-25
Date of death
1965-10-11
Place of birth
United States
Occupation
Portrait photographers
Photographers
Gender
female
Biographical or Historical Data
1895-1965
Sources of Information
- Her An American exodus, 1939.
- The photographs of Dorothea Lange, 1995:p. 125 (b. May 25, 1895 in Hoboken, N.J., Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn) p. 127 (d. Oct. 11, 1965) ( (Record enhanced with data from: The IMAGINE Thesaurus - The Israel Museum Jerusalem Thesaurus - Artist names authority file) )
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Wikipedia description:
Dorothea Lange (born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn; May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the consequences of the Great Depression.
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