Dorothea Lange
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Dorothea Lange was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange\’s photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography.
Her photographs awakened the American people and government agencies to the desperate plight of American poverty. Her 1936 photo, Migrant Mother, became one of the most famous photographs of all time. Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California, with a focus on Florence Owens Thompson, a 32-year-old mother of seven children.
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<p>At Manzanar Internment Camp during World War II, many Japanese Americans participated in the war effort even though they had been forced to evacuate their homes. Here, women weave camouflage nets.</p>
<p>The full title also goes on to say "This is one of several War and Navy Department projects carried on by persons of Japanese ancestry in relocation centers."</p>
<p>SKU: 70491<br />Creator: Dorothea Lange<br />Date: 1 July 1942<br />Original Medium: Photograph<br />Location: U.S. National Archives</p>
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<p>The full title of this work is "Japanese relocation, California. Maye Noma, behind the plate, and Tomi Nagao, at bat, in a practice game between members of the Chick-a-dee softball team, which was kept intact when the players were evacuated from Los Angeles to Manzanar, California, a War Relocation Authority Center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry." </p>
<p>Dorothea Lange was hired by the U.S. government to document the "evacuation" and "relocation," now known as the internment of Japanese Americans. Her work was confiscated by the military when they realized that she was sympathetic to the plight of the internees and her photos were not released until 2006.</p>
<p>SKU: 70470<br />Creator: Dorothea Lange<br />Date: 1942 April–June<br />Original Medium: Photographic negative<br />Location: Library of Congress<br /><span style=\"font-size:small\"></span></p>
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<p>The full title of this photo is "Lone Pine, Calif. May 1942–Three Japanese-American girls with suitcases, who have just arrived by train from Elk Grove and who will be transported by bus from Lone Pine to Manzanar, a war relocation authority center where they will remain for the duration of war." </p>
<p>Dorothea Lange was hired by the U.S. government to photograph the Japanese Americans who were incarcerated in American internment and concentration camps. Because her work was seen as being sympathetic, the photos were seized and largely unseen until 2006.</p>
<p>SKU: 70471<br />Creator: Dorothea Lange<br />Date: 1942 April–July<br />Original Medium: Photographic print<br />Location: Library of Congress<br /><span style=\"font-size:small\"></span></p>
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