Dorothea Lange

American Photographer · 1895–1965

97 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture

Born Dorothea Nutzhorn in Hoboken, New Jersey, to first-generation German Americans, Dorothea Lange was stricken at age seven with polio, which left her right leg and foot disfigured. Her father abandoned the family when she was twelve. After high school, she apprenticed with portrait photographer Arnold Genthe in Manhattan and studied with Clarence H. White at Columbia University’s Teacher’s Coll

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Abandoned Farm in Mechanized Wheat Fields, Oklahoma

Getty Museum · about 1938

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After Church, Toquerville, Utah

Getty Museum · 1953

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All Displaced Tenant Farmers, the Oldest 33 / Goodlet Hardeman County, North Texas

Getty Museum · June 1937

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Amana Society Village, Iowa

Getty Museum · negative 1941; print about 1960s

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"A Man's Beginnings Stay with Him", Toquerville, Utah

Getty Museum · 1953

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Antonio Mirabel, Taos, New Mexico

Getty Museum · 1931

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Arkansas

Getty Museum · 1938

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A Young Girl in Ennis, Ireland

Getty Museum · 1954

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Bessie, Daughter of Zion, Toquerville, Utah

Getty Museum · 1953

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Boots, Hides, Watering Can, Southwestern Utah

Getty Museum · 1953

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Cantaloupe Pickers, Mexicans, at End of Day in California Melon Fields / Mexican Labor Off for the Melon Fields in the Imperial Valley, California

Getty Museum · July 1935

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Chris Gardner (Arms)

Getty Museum · about 1950s

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Church, New Mexico

Getty Museum · 1931

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Church Service, Toquerville, Utah

Getty Museum · 1953

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Codornices Park, Euclid Street, Berkeley

Getty Museum · about 1955–1960

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Cowboy Motel Sign, Utah - Nevada border

Getty Museum · 1953

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Doorway, Toquerville, Utah

Getty Museum · 1953

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Drought Refugees Hoping for Cotton Work, Blythe, California

Getty Museum · 1936

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Egypt

Getty Museum · 1962–1963

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Ennistymon Livestock Market, County Clare, Ireland

Getty Museum · 1954

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Farmer, West Nebraska

Getty Museum · 1941

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Father and Son at a Hurling Match, Father Murphy Memorial Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Ireland

Getty Museum · 1954

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[First Days of Unemployment Compensation in California: Waiting to File Claims]

Getty Museum · January 1938

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Full Moon, Southwestern Utah

Getty Museum · 1953

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Funeral Cortege, End of an Era in a Small Valley Town, California

Getty Museum · 1938

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General Strike / Street Meeting, San Francisco

Getty Museum · negative 1934; print about 1965

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[Gesturing Farm Worker, Probably Imperial Valley, California]

Getty Museum · negative 1935; print about 1960

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Girl in Shawl, Taos, New Mexico

Getty Museum · 1931

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Grandfather and Grandson, Manzanar, Owens Valley, California

Getty Museum · 1942

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Gregor Dixon in Stroller

Getty Museum · 1953

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"Have Fare Ready, Please"/ Oakland, California

Getty Museum · 1942–1944

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Human Erosion in California (Migrant Mother)

Getty Museum · March 1936

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In a Bakery, Amana Society Village, Iowa

Getty Museum · 1941

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Indonesian Dancer

Getty Museum · 1958

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Interior View of Japanese-American Citizens League Headquarters, Centerville, California

Getty Museum · negative April 7, 1942; print about 1960s

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John Dixon and his Son, Andrew, Berkeley, California

Getty Museum · 1955

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John Dixon, daughter Lisa, sons Gregor and Andrew, Berkeley, California / Third Born

Getty Museum · 1958

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J.R. Butler, President of the Southern Tennant Farmers union, Memphis, Tennessee

Getty Museum · negative June 1938; print about 1950s

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Juniper Post Fence, New Mexico

Getty Museum · 1931

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Juniper Tree, Southwestern Utah

Getty Museum · 1953

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Khyber Pass Tribesman / Pathan Warrior

Getty Museum · 1958

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Korean Child

Getty Museum · 1958

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Leaving Church, Toquerville, Utah

Getty Museum · 1953

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"Love & Marriage", New York City

Getty Museum · 1952

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Lovers, Richmond, California

Getty Museum · 1942

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Magazines at Newsstand

Getty Museum · 1956

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Man at Lunch Counter, Pinole, California

Getty Museum · 1956

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Mary Ann Savage, Toquerville, Utah

Getty Museum · about 1933–1934

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Michael Kelly, Cobbler, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland

Getty Museum · 1954

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Michael Kennally, County Clare, Ireland

Getty Museum · 1954

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Mormon Couple, Gunlock, Utah

Getty Museum · 1954

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New York Street Scene from Above

Getty Museum · 1950s

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Oak Trees (from the dining room), Berkeley

Getty Museum · 1957

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O'Halloran Farm, Mount Callan, County Clare, Ireland

Getty Museum · 1954

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Organizer for the United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers of America (CIO) Addresses Street Meeting of Striking Farmers, Mexican Town, outside Shafter, California

Getty Museum · November 1938

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