Egypt
1963
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 17.6 × 28.9 cm (6 15/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Accession Number
2016.191.128
Art Historical Context
Dorothea Lange's *Egypt* (1963) is a poignant gelatin silver print capturing the essence of mid-20th-century travel photography. Known worldwide for her iconic Depression-era images like *Migrant Mother*, Lange was a master of documentary photography, aligned with the social realist movement. Her work humanized the struggles of ordinary people, using her camera to reveal dignity amid hardship. This late-career piece, measuring 17.6 × 28.9 cm, reflects her continued curiosity about global cultures during a time of personal health challenges. The gelatin silver print medium, a staple of black-a...
About the Artist
Dorothea Lange · 1895–1965
Dorothea Lange, born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn on May 26, 1895, in Hoboken, New Jersey, overcame significant personal challenges to become one of America's most influential documentary photographers. Stricken with polio at age seven, she developed a lifelong limp that she credited with shaping her empathetic worldview, famously stating it "formed me, guided me, instructed me, helped me, and hum...