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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).
Florence Owens Thompson (born Florence Leona Christie; September 1, 1903 – September 16, 1983) was an American woman who was the subject of Dorothea Lange's photograph Migrant Mother (1936), considered an iconic image of the Great Depression. The Library of Congress titled the image: "Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children.
Dorothea Lange, a photographer for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), played a crucial role in documenting the lives of Dust Bowl migrants. Her photographs brought national attention to their plight, illustrating the human cost of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.
Dorothea Lange’s stark and surreal black and white photography of Depression-era life, eyewitness accounts from those who survived the Dust Bowl, and apocalyptic footage of looming dust clouds ...
The Dust Bowl in the Great Plains displaced thousands of tenant farmers, sharecroppers, and laborers, many of whom (known as "Okies" or "Arkies") moved on to California. The FSA operated camps for them, such as Weedpatch Camp as depicted in The Grapes of Wrath .
The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history. More than 15 million Americans were left jobless and unemployment reached 25%. 25 vintage photos show how desperate and desolate ...
Since its publication, Lange's work has become an icon of the Great Depression. It is in the public domain and has been widely reproduced in educational material, advertisements, and other media. Today, Migrant Mother is considered to be a part of the classic canon of American art and international photography .
The Library of Congress recently released over 1,600 color photos of the Great Depression. The pictures, which were taken during the final years of the Depression, offer a fresh perspective on one ...