Great Black and White Photographers Part II

      I chose Dorothea Lange out of my three black and white photographers. I chose Lange because I really loved her photos and what they represented. Lange took photos of people and the specific photo I really liked, was a photo of a migrant women and her children. Lange took many photos of people during the times of immigration, showing the struggle people went through during this time. Also, it looks like the photo was untouched by photoshop and other editing material. The picture is raw and pure showing the subjects exactly as they were.

     Her full name was Dorothea Nutzhorn, and later became Lange, due to Lange taking her mother's maiden name. She was born on May 26, 1895, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Lange died on October 11, 1965, in San Francisco, California. Lange attended Columbia University 1917 through 1918 for her education. Lange's parents were very big advocates of her education and encouraged her. Art and Literature were a big part of Lange's upbringing, and was exposed to the arts and creativity early on.

     Lange stayed at Columbia University for only a year. She then started to work as an apprentice to many photographers. One including Arnold Genthe, a leading portrait photographer. By 1918, Lange was living in San Francisco running a successful portrait studio. Lange began her travels with husband, Paul Taylor, documenting and reporting the migration she had witnessed. Lange photographed the people she met. Including the iconic "Migrant Mother" photo. In 1940, Lange received the Guggenheim Fellowship. Lange was hired by the Office of War Information to photograph the internment of Japanese Americans, and later, again by the same organization. With increasing health issues, Lange passed away in October due to Esophageal Cancer. Dorothea's work has influenced generations of photographers.

Sources: http://www.biography.com/people/dorothea-lange-9372993#final-years
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-lange-dorothea.htm

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