New Artist: Dorothea Lange

This amazing photo was taken by Dorothea Lange during the Great Depression in North Carolina, 1939.

 During the Great Depression, Dorothea Lange photographed the unemployed men who wandered the streets. Her photographs of migrant workers were often presented with captions featuring the words of the workers themselves. Lange’s first exhibition, held in 1934, established her reputation as a skilled documentary photographer. In 1940, she became the first woman to receive the Guggenheim Fellowship.

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