Quote of the Day

“Life, for people, begins to crumble on the edges; they don't realize it.”

- Dorothea Lange

Working for the Resettlement Administration and Farm Security Administration, Lange's images brought the plight of the poor and forgotten—particularly sharecroppers, displaced farm families, and migrant workers—to public attention. Distributed free to newspapers across the country, Lange's poignant images became icons of the era.