noun
United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965)
• Syn: ↑Dorothea Lange
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑photographer, ↑lensman
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/lahng"euh/ for 1; /lang/ for 2, 3, n.
1. Christian Louis /krddis"tyahn looh"ee, -is/, 1869-1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel peace prize 1921.
2. David (Russell), born 1942, New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1984-89.
3. Dorothea, 1895-1965, U.S. photographer.
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[lang]Dorothea (1895 - 1965), U.S. photographer. She was known for her documentary photographs of the Great Depression, including "White Angel Breadline" (1932), and those of the Japanese-American concentration camps around 1942. Many of her later photoessays were published in Life magazine
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langeUseful english dictionary. 2012.