Eighty-year-old woman living in squatters' camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. "If you lose your pluck you lose the most there is in you—all you've got to live with" 1936

Dorothea Lange's 1936 photograph, "Eighty-year-old woman living in squatters' camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield, California. "If you lose your pluck you lose the most there is in you—all you've got to live with", is a powerful example of her documentary photography. The image captures the resilience of an elderly woman in a difficult situation, her hand shielding her eyes from the sun while her gaze remains focused. This photograph, part of Lange's work documenting the Great Depression, evokes empathy and underscores the human cost of economic hardship.