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on a raw, soggy day in march 1936, dorothea lange was driving home to berkeley after six weeks spent photographing migrant workers in california, new mexico and arizona. her staff position at the resettlement administration (ra), an agency set up to help tenant farmers during the depression, was tenuous: since there was no budget for a photographer, lange had been hired as a clerk - stenographer, and she invoiced her film and travel expenses under \clinical supplies.\
as lange drove along the empty california highway that day, she noticed a sign that said pea - pickers camp. knowing that the pea crop had frozen, she debated for 20 miles before finally turning back. after pulling into the camp’s muddy lane, lange approached a female migrant worker, requested and got permission to photograph her and shot just five exposures. lange’s field notes read in part: “i did not ask her name or her history. she told me her age, that she was 32. she said that
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the of this excerpt is that dorothea lange’s photos of depression - era migrant workers helped expose their terrible living conditions.

Explanation:

The problem involves analyzing a text excerpt about Dorothea Lange's work during the Great Depression, focusing on historical events and the purpose of the excerpt. The subfield of Social Science - History is appropriate as it deals with historical events, the context of the Great Depression, and the actions of a historical figure (Dorothea Lange) in documenting migrant workers' lives.

Answer:

The subfield is History (under Social Science).