「她会穿过田野，走向人们，向他们询问简单的问题，如：您在捡什么？... 您在这儿多久了？您什么时候吃午餐的？…最后她会说我想拍您，而到了这个地步，对方就会回应：好呀，有什么不可以！然后他们就会摆个 姿势，但她就会假装没有注意到他们的行为并在他们周围走来走去，直到他们忘了我们的存在并继续他们手边的工作。」然后她才开始她的摄影工作。


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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