Stephanie Nelson: dorothea lange!

1. Dorothea Lange
2. 1895 - 1965
3. Dorothea was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. However, she began her career in the great city of New York. Later in her life, she packed up and moved to San Francisco, California where she opened a studio in 1918. During the great depression, she went from photographing in the studio, to photographing the streets. Documenting some of the most terrible times for all of America. Her interest in photographing the homeless was noticed quickly by the government and she was hired a part of the Resettlement Administration, which was later renamed the FSA.
4. The importance of the work of Dorothea was that she brought the poor and forgotten to public attention. She gave her images, free of charge to the newspapers and her shocking images quickly became icons of that era. Her contribution to photography was that she was photographing events for more than just taking pictures, she was trying to get a point across. She was trying to make people in the cities realize what some people were going through. The problems that some people were experiences while others were sitting in the comfort of their own homes.
5. I think that Ms. Lange's pictures are very noble. I think she was photographing for a noble cause which makes me appreciate her photos so much more. Her photos have a lot of emotions behind them and it is evident by the subject's faces. In the photo "Migrant Mother" you can see the struggles and pains of this women's life by the ways her eyes are. I also like the fact that all her pictures are in black and white. It adds dramatic effect to all of the pictures. I think when pictures are photographed in black and white, they show soul. These pictures are really really interesting to me because I am an active participant on Project HOPE, I have had many interactions with homeless people and for some reason these pictures really hit home with me.
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