Lange creates *White Angel Breadline*, her first major documentary photograph during the Great Depression.
In 1933, Dorothea Lange captured the poignant image known as *White Angel Breadline, San Francisco*. This photograph features a lone man in a breadline at a soup kitchen. It marked Lange's significant pivot from studio portraiture to compelling documentary work that illuminated the grave impacts of the Great Depression. Amidst a backdrop of social upheaval, her photograph spotlighted the individuals caught in economic despair, galvanizing public consciousness about poverty.