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Dorothea Lange's Portrait Studio in San Francisco

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Dorothea Lange's Portrait Studio in San Francisco American Masters

Premiered August 29, 2014
Dorothea Lange's Portrait Studio in San Francisco

In 1919 at the age of 24, Dorothea Lange opened her own portrait studio in San Francisco.

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Dorothea Lange and her husband were the first to document Dust Bowl migrants.
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The Dust Bowl: Documenting the First Migrants to California

In 1965 Lange and the MoMA curator of photography prepared for her one-woman exhibition.
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Dorothea Lange's Museum of Modern Art Retrospective

In 1919 at the age of 24, Dorothea Lange opened her own portrait studio in San Francisco.
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Dorothea Lange's Portrait Studio in San Francisco

The life, passions and uncompromising vision of the woman behind the camera.
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Lange documented those struggling with the Great Depression and sharecropping system.
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Lange's Eye on The Great Depression and Sharecropping

Dorothea Lange was hired to document the internment process during World War II.
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Lange's Photos of the Internment of Japanese-Americans

A photo exhibit in 2012 featured former internees photographed by Dorothea Lange in 1942.
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