Dorothea Lange

January 10, 2024
Photographer

Quick Facts

Dorothea Lange
Full Name Dorothea Lange
Occupation Photographer
Date Of Birth May 26, 1895(1895-05-26)
Age 129
Date Of Death October 11, 1965, San Francisco, CA
Birthplace Hoboken
Country United States
Birth City New Jersey
Horoscope Gemini

Dorothea Lange Biography

Name Dorothea Lange
Birthday May 26
Birth Year 1895
Place Of Birth Hoboken
Home Town New Jersey
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Gemini
Spouse Paul Schuster Taylor , Maynard Dixon
Children(s) Daniel Dixon, John Dixon

Dorothea Lange is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on May 26, 1895 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Photographer who captured timeless images of the Great Depression.

She was inducted to California’s Hall of Fame by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Her father left his family in 1907.

Dorothea Lange Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Photographer
House Living in own house.

Dorothea Lange is one of the richest Photographer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dorothea Lange 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She graduated from Columbia University.

Her famous photograph Migrant Mother was actually a posed shot.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Dorothea Lange Dating?

According to our records, Dorothea Lange married to Paul Schuster Taylor , Maynard Dixon. As of December 1, 2023, Dorothea Lange’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Dorothea Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Dorothea Lange celebrates birthday on May 26 of every year.

What is Dorothea Lange's most famous picture?

Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer whose portraits of displaced farmers during the Great Depression greatly influenced later documentary and journalistic photography. Her most famous portrait is Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California (1936).

Who is Dorothea Lange and why is she famous?

Summary of Dorothea Lange She is remembered above all for revealing the plight of sharecroppers, displaced farmers and migrant workers in the 1930s, and her portrait of Florence Owens Thompson, Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California(1936), has become an icon of the period.

What disease did Dorothea Lange have?

When she was 7, Lange contracted polio , which left her right leg and foot noticeably weakened. Later, however, she’d feel almost appreciative of the effects the illness had on her life.

What was Dorothea Lange technique?

Lange used innovative photography techniques to capture the emotion during the Depression-era. Her photos displayed displaced families and farm workers, migrant workers, moving portraits of tattered-looking families, as well as post-war imagery.

Why was Dorothea Lange's work important to President Roosevelt?

Using her camera, Lange kept a record of people who would have otherwise been forgotten. When President Franklin Roosevelt began a program to help those people most affected by the Depression, Dorothea Lange’s photographs played an important role in bringing aid to many migrant workers.

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