Dorothea Lange
A Documentary Photographer White Angel Breadline, San Francisco Dorothea Lange, 1933 Looking through the Google Arts and Culture website, the form of art that stood out most to me is the photograph White Angel Breadline taken by Dorothea Lange. This photograph, as a gift from Dorothea Lange's second husband, is now part of the Oakland Museum of California, a photograph taken in the year 1933 during the era of the Great Depression in the United States that started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930's. Having learned of the Great Depression era, this picture was really captivating in that the artist was able to capture what poverty and struggle looked like. This photo was taken outside of a soup kitchen where a lot of hungry people gathered in hopes of getting a meal (Google Arts and Culture). The kitchen was run by Lois Jordan the "white angel" hence the title of the photograph the White Angel Breadline . Dorothea Lange was an artist most known for her Depr...