1. Dorothea Lange American Photographer 1895–1965

2. After deciding not to be a teacher Dorthea Lange attended a photography course run by Clarence H. White at Columbia University, NY. She worked in a studio in San Francisco until the late 1920s where she became dissatisfied with studio work. In 1929 when the market crashed she went outside to find her subjects. As she was photographing she got involved in politics to help the subjects. One of her most famous photographs from this project is Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California. She worked until 1963. All of her photos were done in a documentary style Photos from: 1933-1952

3. White Angel Bread Line San Francisco, 1933

4. Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California Also named: Destitute Mother, The type aided by the WPA 1936

5. Crossroads Store, Alabama 1936

6. Ex-Slave with Long Memory 1937

7. Funeral Cortege, an End of an Era 1938

8. Political Signs, Waco Texas c. 1938

9. Child and Her Mother, Wapato, Yakima Valley, Washington 1939

10. One Nation, Indivisible, San Francisco 1942

11. Richmond, California 1942

12. War Babies 1944

13. Spring in Berkeley 1952

14. Mother and Child San Francisco 1952

15. Hand, Indonesian Dancer, Java 1958

16. Photos and information collected from: Museum of Modern Art, New York: http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=3373, Jan 2013 Penny R. Winn, Student, Peninsula College, Port Angeles, WA, for Media 178