Dorothea Lange's 'White Angel Bread Line'

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In San Francisco in 1933, Dorothea Lange took a photograph called White Angel Bread Line. The image shows a man standing in line waiting to get food during The Great Depression. According to MoMA, Lange, during this time was a photographer and a photojournalist born in 1895. Most of her work comes from the Depression era, where she was in her mid forties. White Angel Bread Line shows many formal elements that help Lange’s theme of hopelessness. Throughout the image Lange uses these elements to send a message to the people seeing the image. These elements also contribute to the style which is realistic. This image is showing what is actually happening during this time period and causes the mood of the image to be sad and dark. White Angel