Dorothea Lange
Portraits Revisited - The FSA Years
As Aurea Photogallery opens its virtual doors, we are proud to begin our journey with the timeless work of Dorothea Lange — a photographer whose portraits shaped the language of documentary photography and continue to resonate with powerful honesty.
This exhibition presents a personal selection of portraits from Lange’s work during the Farm Security Administration (FSA) years — images that particularly speak to us at Aurea. You will find iconic photographs, such as Migrant Mother, that have come to define an era, alongside lesser-known portraits that are no less moving, no less essential. Each one reveals the strength, vulnerability, and dignity of people living through profound hardship.
Lange was not simply capturing what she saw — she was carefully composing, framing, and often gently posing her subjects with empathy and respect. Her eye for detail, her sense of timing, and her deep connection to the people she photographed make her work both emotionally immediate and artistically enduring. She helped define what socially engaged photography could be — honest, human, and quietly revolutionary.
With this exhibition, we honor a master innovator whose work continues to inspire generations of image-makers — and we invite you to look closely, slowly, and openly at portraits that still speak, decades later, with clarity and compassion.
NOTES
- All images in this exhibition have been carefully edited for brightness, contrast, and clarity, with dust and imperfections removed to enhance your viewing experience. The original, unretouched photographs are accessible through the National Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov).
Original captions have been gently adapted to use inclusive, modern language while preserving historical context.
The exhibition Colorful Now showcases a global spectrum of artists who explore the emotional and narrative power of color. From bold abstractions to subtle realism, the show celebrates how color transcends language, culture, and technique to express ideas, provoke thought, and ignite the senses.
Curated from an international open call, the participating artists work across painting, digital art, photography, sculpture, collage, and mixed media. Their diverse styles and backgrounds create a vivid dialogue that reflects the many ways color shapes both artistic vision and human experience.
Each work in Colorful Now highlights color’s transformative ability—whether through striking contrasts, layered textures, or carefully chosen palettes. The exhibition invites viewers to reflect on how color communicates mood, memory, and movement, offering a fresh and multifaceted view of contemporary art in a world that is anything but monochrome.
Alicja Wieczorek / Anna Weichselbaumer / Avani R Patel / Bethany Altschwager / Biljana Lazovic / Charleton Mercelina / Dakota Henry / David Mason / Dick Langenberg / Diego Navarro / Emma Irwin / Evander Banks / Fernando Couto / Heidi Abramson / IRA / Ivan Cagnani / James A. Faulkner / Juan González Iglesias / Junio Oliveira / Karen Safer / Karl Pont / Katerina Grancharova / Kore Heerema / Lothar Janssen / Love Aritus / Luciano Cagggianello / Madhusudan Khandekar / Mark Abel / Matthias Radtke / Nicholas Auger / Paula Traven Sacks / Reinhard Riedel / Shultz / Studio Boki / Vivien Lee / Wendy Kriz Evans / Wictor Doarte / Zdenka Starcevic
As Aurea Photogallery opens its virtual doors, we are proud to begin our journey with the timeless work of Dorothea Lange — a photographer whose portraits shaped the language of documentary photography and continue to resonate with powerful honesty.
This exhibition presents a personal selection of portraits from Lange’s work during the Farm Security Administration (FSA) years — images that particularly speak to us at Aurea. You will find iconic photographs, such as Migrant Mother, that have come to define an era, alongside lesser-known portraits that are no less moving, no less essential. Each one reveals the strength, vulnerability, and dignity of people living through profound hardship.
Lange was not simply capturing what she saw — she was carefully composing, framing, and often gently posing her subjects with empathy and respect. Her eye for detail, her sense of timing, and her deep connection to the people she photographed make her work both emotionally immediate and artistically enduring. She helped define what socially engaged photography could be — honest, human, and quietly revolutionary.
With this exhibition, we honor a master innovator whose work continues to inspire generations of image-makers — and we invite you to look closely, slowly, and openly at portraits that still speak, decades later, with clarity and compassion.
NOTES
- All images in this exhibition have been carefully edited for brightness, contrast, and clarity, with dust and imperfections removed to enhance your viewing experience. The original, unretouched photographs are accessible through the National Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov).
Original captions have been gently adapted to use inclusive, modern language while preserving historical context.
