Dorothea Lange, Documentary Photography, and Twentieth-Century America: Reinventing Self and Nation : Routledge : 9781138394353 : 1138394351 : 03 May 2019 : Dorothea Lange, Documentary Photography, and Twentieth-Century America charts the life of Dorothea Lange (1895?1965), whose life was radically altered by the Depression, and whose photography helped transform the nation. The book begins with her childhood in immigrant, metropolitan New York, shifting to her young adulthood as a New Woman who apprenticed herself to Manhattan's top photographers, then established a career as portraitist to San Francisco's elite. When the Great Depression shook America's economy, Lange was profoundly affected. Leaving her studio, Lange confronted citizens' anguish with her camera, documenting their economic and social plight. This move propelled her to international renown. This biography synthesizes recent New Deal scholarship and photographic history and probes the unique regional histories of t