Dorothea Lange

Remarkable collection of iconic American photos is up for an auction

Apr 26, 2023 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment

Sotheby’s New York will soon offer a truly remarkable collection of photos up for auction. Among the sold works, you’ll be able to bid for the images by Richard Avedon, Dorothea Lange, Lee Friedlander, Robert Adams, Garry Winogrand, and other famous photographers.

While not all photographers are from the States, this body of work tells the story of American history. It contains some iconic photos such as Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother, and photos of celebrities like Andy Warhol or Marylin Monroe.

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Dorothea Lange’s iconic “Migrant Mother” is up for auction, expected to fetch $70,000

Apr 28, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment

Dorothea Lange’s photo Migrant Mother is one of the most famous photos of the 20th century. If you’ve always wanted to have a print of it, now you can as there’s one on an auction. And it’s not just any print – it was originally part of Dorothea Lange’s family collection. Not surprisingly, it’s expected to sell for up to $70,000.

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How the iconic photo “Migrant Mother” was staged and captured

Feb 1, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment

Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother is certainly one of the most iconic photos of the 20th century. And just as the photo is striking, so is the story behind it. In this video from Nerdwriter, you can hear more about how Lange took this photo and how it became one of the symbols of the Great Depression.

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The iconic photo “Migrant Mother” was “Photoshopped”

Dec 1, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 34 Comments

There is hardly anyone who doesn’t know about “Migrant Mother,” an iconic photo by Dorothea Lange. The 1936 portrait depicts Florence Owens Thompson and her children, and there are many true and untrue facts we’ve heard about it. But did you know it was altered? Or “photoshopped,” as we tend to say nowadays? Thanks to a new book from the Museum of Modern Art, this interesting fact has recently seen the light of day.

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