The Barbican in London is staging the first UK survey of the work of American documentary photographer Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. The exhibition charts Lange’s output and includes her celebrated Farm Security Administration work that captured the devastating impact of the Great Depression on the American population.

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White Angel Breadline, San Francisco, 1933.

Modesto Skid Row, 1937.

Ditched, Stalled, and Stranded, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936.
Photograph: Gift of Paul S. Taylor

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936.

Family walking on highway – five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahoma. Bound for Krebs, Oklahoma, June 1938.

Restaurant Segregation, Mississippi, 1938.
Photograph: Gift of Paul S. Taylor

Crossroads General Store, Gordonton, North Carolina, July 1939.

Migratory Cotton Picker, Eloy, Arizona, 1940.

San Francisco, California, 1942. Flag of allegiance pledge at Raphael Weill Public School, Geary and Buchanan Streets. Children in families of Japanese ancestry were evacuated with their parents and housed for the duration in War Relocation Authority centres.