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1935

Dorothea Lange, 1895–1965; born Hoboken, NJ; died San Francisco, CA; active San Francisco, CA
2007-154
One of the best-known photographers of the twentieth century, Lange worked with the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the mid-1930s. The FSA was created as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, with the goal of combating poverty in rural America. To garner support for the New Deal, Lange documented migrant workers in California, paying particular attention to their expressions and gestures. As a result, her photographs are more narrative and sentimental than those created by many other FSA photographers. Although this image does not capture its subject’s face, Lange’s composition and the hard-worked physique of the man’s hands seem to tell a story.

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Title
Back
Dates

1935

Maker
Dorothea Lange
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
25.6 × 17.2 cm (10 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Minor White, by exchange
Object Number
2007-154
Place Made

North America, United States

Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
hats, hands, men, figures (representations)

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