Dorothea Lange was in Hoboken, New Jersey on May 26, 1895. Her maiden name was Dorothea Nutzhorn. Her father was a lawyer and her mother was a stay at home mom. Her mom helped take care of Dorothea and Martin, her brother. Dorothea was diagnosed with polio at the age of 7. Her polio impaired her right leg and her foot noticeably. After being diagnosed with polio, 6 years later her parents divorced. She put the blame of the divorce on her father and took up her mother’s maiden name as hers. During high school Dorothea Lange decided to go after photography as a profession. She went to Columbia University to study photography. Over the next couple years she became an apprentice of many different photographers such as Arnold Genthe, a famous portrait
