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Left on Red presents Ruby's Amazing Women: Dorothea’s Eyes Left On Red

    • Politics

This week’s amazing woman is photographer Dorothea Lange, who overcame polio as a child and was a pioneer in the field of photojournalism. Lange is best known for her work documenting the world-weary faces of Americans trying to survive in the Great Depression. Less frequently discussed are her photos documenting the wartime internment of Japanese Americans.

This week’s amazing woman is photographer Dorothea Lange, who overcame polio as a child and was a pioneer in the field of photojournalism. Lange is best known for her work documenting the world-weary faces of Americans trying to survive in the Great Depression. Less frequently discussed are her photos documenting the wartime internment of Japanese Americans.

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