In 1933, the United States was in the depths of the Great Depression and Dorothea Lange was working as a portrait photographer in San Francisco. A breadline sponsored by a wealthy community widow (“The White Angel”) was not far from her studio, and Lange was inspired to take a series of candid street photographs. ‘I made [White Angel Breadline] on the first day I ever went in an area where people said, "Oh, don't go there,"’ she related to an interviewer. 'It was on the first day that I ever made a photograph actually on the street'. White Angel Breadline became one of the photographer’s most well-known and widely reproduced images, depicting the isolation and helplessness of the masses of American citizens living in poverty. Our attention is honed on the central figure with his clasped hands and set jaw, emphasizing resilience, isolation, and dignity. 'I had to get my camera to register the things that were more important than how poor they were—their pride, their strength, their spirit'

This is a genuine vintage photogravure, printed in 1936 and has the fantastic warmth and tonal range of a platinum print. Archivally mounted on 100% acid-free board, matted to 11" x 14" and in a black wooden frame.