Lange had to leave her children for long periods, placing them in what was essentially foster care while she was gone. Enlarge this image Lange, photographed in 1935.

Life Summary Best known for her iconic photograph Migrant Mother, photographer Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) ... Florence Owens Thompson with three of her children, 1936. Photo: Dorothea Lange.

Dorothea Lange s a key figure in the development of photography as a documentary art form. 2015 marks the 120th anniversary of Lange's birth and the 50th anniversary of her death, which should make ...

Dorothea Lange, Children of the World, c. 1958. Vintage gelatin silver print, titled ("Human Disaster") in photographers hand verso, also stamped with photographers (Euclid Ave) stamp verso. Print 8 x ...

Dorothea Lange National Archive/Getty Images. A man waits in a bread line in San Francisco during the winter of 1933. ... and birds that the children killed," Lange wrote in her notes.

NEW YORK — The woman in Dorothea Lange’s most famous photograph, often labeled simply “Migrant Mother,” is, among other things, rather beautiful. Her face may be weathered and lined with ...

When you think of photographer Dorothea Lange, you inevitably visualize “Migrant Mother,” the 1936 portrait of a woman and children that has come to represent the pitiless poverty of the Great ...

There are many moments in Friday's "American Masters" documentary on PBS about Dorothea Lange that expand on the film's subtitle, "Grab a Hunk of Lightning." But one, in particular, stands out. It ...