Dec 18, 2012

Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist.

Dorothea Nutzhorn (Lange) was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on 26th May, 1895. At the age of seven, Dorothea contracted polio which left her with a permanent limp. After her German born father abandoned the family, Dorothea assumed her mother's maiden name.

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