Dorothea Lange
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Dorothea Lange was an influential American documentary photographer best known for her powerful images of the Great Depression that humanized the plight of displaced and impoverished people.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dorothea Lange canonical | 25 |
| Dorothea Lange photographs | 1 |
| Dorothea Lange’s Great Depression work | 1 |
| Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T419468 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothea Lange Context triple: [Farm Security Administration photographers, hasPart, Dorothea Lange]
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A.
Inge Morath
Inge Morath was an Austrian-born photographer renowned for her humanistic, often intimate photojournalism and long association with Magnum Photos.
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B.
Walter Fuller
Walter Fuller was a British-born journalist, editor, and political activist known for his work in progressive and pacifist causes in the early 20th century.
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C.
Joe Rosenthal
Joe Rosenthal was an American photojournalist best known for his iconic World War II photograph of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima.
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D.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneering French photographer and photojournalist, celebrated as a master of candid street photography and the concept of the “decisive moment.”
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E.
Grant Wood
Grant Wood was an American painter associated with the Regionalist movement, best known for his iconic depictions of rural Midwestern life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dorothea Lange Target entity description: Dorothea Lange was an influential American documentary photographer best known for her powerful images of the Great Depression that humanized the plight of displaced and impoverished people.
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A.
Inge Morath
Inge Morath was an Austrian-born photographer renowned for her humanistic, often intimate photojournalism and long association with Magnum Photos.
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B.
Walter Fuller
Walter Fuller was a British-born journalist, editor, and political activist known for his work in progressive and pacifist causes in the early 20th century.
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C.
Joe Rosenthal
Joe Rosenthal was an American photojournalist best known for his iconic World War II photograph of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima.
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D.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a pioneering French photographer and photojournalist, celebrated as a master of candid street photography and the concept of the “decisive moment.”
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E.
Grant Wood
Grant Wood was an American painter associated with the Regionalist movement, best known for his iconic depictions of rural Midwestern life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary photographer
ⓘ
human ⓘ photographer ⓘ photojournalist ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ |
| birthName | Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Oakland, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Oakland
|
| causeOfDeath | esophageal cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1895-05-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1965-10-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Clarence H. White School of Photography
ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ |
| employer |
Farm Security Administration
ⓘ
linked to:
Resettlement Administration
Office of War Information ⓘ War Relocation Authority ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German American ⓘ |
| familyName | Lange ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
documentary photography
ⓘ
photojournalism ⓘ social documentary ⓘ |
| givenName | Dorothea ⓘ |
| hasPartiallyLostUseOf | right leg ⓘ |
| influenced |
American documentary photography
ⓘ
social documentary photographers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Jacob Riis
ⓘ
Lewis Hine ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Farm Security Administration photographs
ⓘ
Great Depression photography ⓘ
linked to:
Farm Security Administration photographers
humanizing images of displaced and impoverished people ⓘ |
| movement |
documentary photography
ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
linked to:
Social realism
|
| name | Dorothea Lange ⓘ |
| notableEvent | contracted polio in childhood ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ditched, Stalled and Stranded
ⓘ
Japanese American internment photographs ⓘ Migrant Mother ⓘ Toward Los Angeles, California ⓘ White Angel Breadline ⓘ |
| occupation |
documentary photographer
ⓘ
photographer ⓘ photojournalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Hoboken
|
| placeOfDeath | San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| residence |
Berkeley, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Berkeley
San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco
|
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse |
Maynard Dixon
ⓘ
Paul Schuster Taylor ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Oakland, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Oakland
San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ
linked to:
San Francisco
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dorothea Lange Description of subject: Dorothea Lange was an influential American documentary photographer best known for her powerful images of the Great Depression that humanized the plight of displaced and impoverished people.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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