Life Summary Best known for her iconic photograph Migrant Mother, photographer Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) ... Florence Owens Thompson with three of her children, 1936. Photo: Dorothea Lange.

NEW YORK — The woman in Dorothea Lange’s most famous photograph, often labeled simply “Migrant Mother,” is, among other things, rather beautiful. Her face may be weathered and lined with ...

There are many moments in Friday's "American Masters" documentary on PBS about Dorothea Lange that expand on the film's subtitle, "Grab a Hunk of Lightning." But one, in particular, stands out. It ...

Lange had to leave her children for long periods, placing them in what was essentially foster care while she was gone. Enlarge this image Lange, photographed in 1935.

Dorothea Lange s a key figure in the development of photography as a documentary art form. 2015 marks the 120th anniversary of Lange's birth and the 50th anniversary of her death, which should make ...

How Dorothea Lange Taught Us To See Hunger And Humanity : The Salt Perhaps no one did more to show us the human toll of the Great Depression than Lange, who was born on this day in 1895. Her ...

Dorothea Lange, Children of the World, c. 1958. Vintage gelatin silver print, titled ("Human Disaster") in photographers hand verso, also stamped with photographers (Euclid Ave) stamp verso. Print 8 x ...

Children of the Weill Public School, 1942 (Credit: Dorothea Lange) 8. Children of the Weill Public School Shown in a Flag Pledge Ceremony, San Francisco, California, April 1942, printed c 1965 ...

New collections by Gordon Parks, Platon, Peter van Agtmael and Myriam Boulos reveal when you need to tell as well as show. By Arthur Lubow The 900 items from his Atlanta home include blue-chip art ...

On either side of her, children bury their faces into her shoulder. Dorothea Lange’s photo, “Migrant Mother” captures the weariness and pain of the Great Depression.

Children of the Weill Public School, 1942 (Credit: Dorothea Lange) 8. Children of the Weill Public School Shown in a Flag Pledge Ceremony, San Francisco, California, April 1942, printed c 1965 ...