「她會穿過田野，走向人們，向他們詢問簡單的問題，如：您在撿什麼？... 您在這兒多久了？您什麼時候吃午餐的？…最後她會說我想拍您，而到了這個地步，對方就會回應：好呀，有什麼不可以！然後他們就會擺個 姿勢，但她就會假裝沒有注意到他們的行為並在他們周圍走來走去，直到他們忘了我們的存在並繼續他們手邊的工作。」然後她才開始她的攝影工作。


In order to take striking and moving photographs, Dorothea Lange had to earn the trust of her subjects. Lange's friend, Ron Partridge, recalled how she worked in the fields of California, photographing the workers.

"She would walk through the field and talk to people, asking simple questions - 'What are you picking? ... How long have you been here? When do you eat lunch? ... I'd like to photograph you,' she'd say, and by now it would be 'Sure, why not,' and they would pose a little, but she would sort of ignore it, walk around until they forgot us and were back at work." Then she would begin to take her pictures.

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