9 Quotes & Sayings By Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange was born in New York City in 1895. Her father was a successful Danish-born photographer and she grew up in the art scene of New York City, attending the progressive Ethical Culture School. At age 17, Lange began training to be a commercial artist and she went on to become a well known portrait artist. But during World War I she volunteered for the Red Cross and served overseas as a nurse Read more

Upon her return home she studied at the University of California and received her B.A. degree in 1923 and then continued at the University of California to earn her M.A. degree in 1925.

Lange spent over half a lifetime taking photographs of subjects ranging from still lifes to portraits and recording conditions in farms and welfare centers across America's heartland.

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to...
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The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera. Dorothea Lange
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While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see. Dorothea Lange
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It is no accident that the photographer becomes a photographer any more than the lion tamer becomes a lion tamer. Dorothea Lange
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That frame of mind that you need to make fine pictures of a very wonderful subject, you cannot do it by not being lost yourself. Dorothea Lange
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Being disabled gave me an immense advantage. People are kinder to you. It puts you on a different level than if you go into a situation whole and secure. Dorothea Lange
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A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera. Dorothea Lange
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Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. Dorothea Lange
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I many times encountered courage, real courage. Undeniable courage. I've heard it said that that was the highest quality of the human animal. I encountered that many times, in unexpected places. And I have learned to recognize it when I see it. Dorothea Lange