In 1935 Dorothea Lange began to work for the Resettlement Administration, which would later become the Farm Security Administration (FSA). She went to work for Roy Stryker and joined the company of Walker Evans, Gordon Parks, Marion Post Wolcott, John Vachon, Jack Delano, Ben Shahn, and Arthur Rothstein. Together they created an enormous photographic legacy for America before, during, and immediately after the Great Depression.

Lange used photography to document the difficult period of the Depression and to motivate federal agencies and individuals to take action to improve the situation. With her photographs Lange was able to capture the emotional and physical burdens many American's were experiencing. In 1935, collaborating with her second husband, labor economist Paul S. Taylor, she documented the troubled exodus of farm families migrating West in search of work. Lange's documentary style achieved its fullest expression in these years, with many of her photographs becoming instantly recognized symbols of the Depression.

Medium : 1 negative : nitrate

Created/Published : July, 1939

Creator : Dorothea Lange, photographer, 1895 - 1965

Part of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) - Office of War Information (OWI) Collection housed in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress

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Product #: 21604061