The Great Depression in Pictures

Hits You Right in The Feels

As the events of the Depression spiraled on, it is hard to imagine sometimes what people went through during this period.

Fortunately, there were several incredible photographers during the period that captured the essence of people’s strife. Dorothea Lange was one of the standouts of the group.

Hits You Right in The Feels

Her lifelike pictures created a timeless flashback to a different time, and has provided a visual record to the time we might struggle to grasp without.

Her work humanized a lot of the Depression and its depiction in history, as well as the documentary photography movement for years to come.