- Educated in photography at Columbia University.
- Co-founded the photographic magazine Aperture in 1952.
- Grandmother of filmmaker Dyanna Taylor.
- First husband, Maynard Dixon, was a painter. Second husband, Paul Schuster Taylor, was an economist.
- Was invited by Ansel Adams in 1945 to join the faculty of the first fine art photography department at the California School of Fine Arts.
- Aunt of actress Hope Lange.
- Had two sons with Maynard Dixon: Daniel (born in 1925) and John (born in 1930).
- Dropped her middle name and took her mother's maiden name at 12 years of age after her father abandoned the family.
- Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1941 for excellence in photography which she gave up to record the internment of Japanese Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
- At seven years old contracted polio which left her with a weak right leg and permanent limp.
- Aunt of Joy Lange Boardman.
- Aunt of David Lange.
- She was inducted into the 2021 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Letters category.
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