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What was Dorothea Lange's birth name?

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  • Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn

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Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn, known professionally as Dorothea Lange, was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's iconic photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography.
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