Dorothea Lange

Between 1935 and 1939 Dorothea Lange worked for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), which was set up as part of the ‘New Deal’ to combat rural poverty. Lange’s iconic pictures of migrant workers, displaced families and sharecroppers were distributed for free to US newspapers and publications and opened the eyes of many to the plight of the rural poor. Lange’s style and approach also greatly influenced the development of documentary photography. From The New York Public Library: digitalcollections.nypl.org