Mrs. Beatty, Toquerville, Utah c. 1953 - 1965

"Mrs. Beatty, Toquerville, Utah" is a black and white photograph taken by Dorothea Lange, a prominent figure in American documentary photography, sometime between 1953 and 1965. This intimate portrait captures the wrinkled hands of an elderly woman, their detail accentuated by the contrasting patterned fabric of her dress. Lange's minimalist composition and focus on the subject's hands evoke a sense of quiet contemplation and the passage of time.