Born on May 26th 1895 in New Jersey, Dorothea Lange had a rough childhood. Contracting polio before the age of eight, she walked with a limp for most of her life. Instead of studying and working on an education, Lange spent most of her time wandering the streets on New York. Finding pictures along these walks and collecting her favorites is thought to have sparked her interest in photography. She called this "acting like a photographer …showed first 75 words of 1398 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1398 total…should try and copy. <Tab/> Bibliography Meltzer Melton. "Dorothea Lange - A Photographer's Life". <Tab/>Syracuse University Press, ed. 2000. Mullins, G and Dixon, D. "Dorothea Lange's Ireland". <Tab/>Aurum's Prcss Limited, Great Britain, London. "Dorothea Lange - A Visual Life". Smithsonian Institute <Tab/>Press, 1994. London Lange, Dorothea. "American Photographers". San <Tab/>Francisco Museum of Arts.