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Research on Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965)

Today I have do some research on Dorothea Lange, who was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist in 19 century, her best known was Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration and established by the U.S. Agriculture Department. It is a photo collection to displaced farmers and migrant workers in the 1930s.

Dorothea Lange, "Pea harvest. Family at work. Nipomo, California," 1937.

Dorothea Lange, "Drought refugees from Oklahoma at work in the pea fields near Nipomo, California," 1937.

Dorothea Lange, "One pea picker's home. One-half mile off Highway 101 at Nipomo, California."

Dorothea Lange, "Japanese mother and daughter, agricultural workers near Guadalupe, California."

"Richard Ortiz is a migrant worker in Nipomo, California where famous photographer Dorothea Lange took a photograph of the 'Migrant Mother,' Florence Owens Thompson in the 1930s."