
Dorothea LangeEstados Unidos, 1895–1965¿Se puede contemplar?
Nueva York, Estados Unidos
Pertenece a la colección, pero ahora mismo no está expuesta.
c. 1955
Life commissions a story on the dying town of Monticello
In the mid-1950s Life commissioned Lange and Pirkle Jones to document the death of the California town of Monticello, whose residents were displaced when Putah Creek was dammed to form Lake Berryessa. When Life decided not to run the piece, Lange devoted an entire issue of Aperture to it.
1955–1965
Her health declines
Lange’s health declined in the last decade of her life; among other conditions she suffered from what was later identified as post-polio syndrome.
1958
A journey around the world with her husband
From 1958 Lange set off on a journey around the world with her second husband, Paul Taylor.