Dorothea Lange

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Dorothea Lange

• The camera is an instrument that teaches people
  to see without a camera

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Life of Dorothea Lange

• Born in New Jersey (1895)
• Photographer of the 1920s-1930s
• Worked with weathly clients in San Francisco
• Difference between my studio and what was going
  on in the streets
• Chronicled the Depression in her famous series of
  pictures showing the displacement of people
• Ie. Migrant Mother

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Famous Photographs of Dorothea Lange
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The depression affected the younger generations.
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Migrant Mother
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Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange

• How old do you think she is?
• How old do you think her children are?
• What do you think she is thinking about in this
  picture?
• Why do you think the children are nestled close
  to her? Did something happen?
• Tell me her story Where did she come from?
  Where is her husband? What activities and
  lifestyles do you think used to be part of her
  life?