Trivia

Educated in photography at Columbia University.

Co-founded the photographic magazine Aperture in 1952.

Grandmother of filmmaker Dyanna Taylor.

First husband, Maynard Dixon, was a painter. Second husband, Paul Schuster Taylor, was an economist.

Was invited by Ansel Adams in 1945 to join the faculty of the first fine art photography department at the California School of Fine Arts.

Aunt of actress Hope Lange.

Had two sons with Maynard Dixon: Daniel (born in 1925) and John (born in 1930).

Dropped her middle name and took her mother's maiden name at 12 years of age after her father abandoned the family.

Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1941 for excellence in photography which she gave up to record the internment of Japanese Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

At seven years old contracted polio which left her with a weak right leg and permanent limp.

Aunt of Joy Lange Boardman.

Aunt of David Lange.

She was inducted into the 2021 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Letters category.