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Monster Essays - Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange was born in 1895 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her
family had come from Germany to the United States as immigrants. When
Dorothea was seven years old, she suffered from polio. In 1907, her father
left her family. And soon, her mother became an alcoholic. Dorothea was
lonely in high school until she began studying photography.
At the age of twenty-three, Dorothea left home, and in 1918, began an
around the world trip. She taught Ron Partridge photography and people
started calling him her “assistant.” Ron Partridge recalls that she was
very determined not to stop her work.
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