1. Dorothea Lange
... finishing shop on her second day in San Francisco. She made friends with the shop's customers and with members of the San Francisco Camera Club, which she joined to gain use of their darkroom. A gifted budding photographer and personable young woman, Lange was soon offered the opportunity to start her own portrait studio by one of the camera club's wealthy members. Lange opened her studio at 540 Sutter Street ... . By 1920 Lange had met the man she would marry. A painter who frequented her studio, Maynard Dixon was a very popular Bay Area artist. Dixon's influence on Lange, as an individ...
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