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Long read: Dorothea Lange - A Life in Pictures
We look back through the life and work of pioneering documentary photographer and visual activist, Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) to coincide with the first UK retrospective of her work, Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing.
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Curator’s Picks: Dorothea Lange’s ‘Migrant Mother’
Assistant curator Jilke Golbach unpacks the story behind Dorothea Lange’s ‘Migrant Mother’ photograph.