Lange was born in Hoboken, New JerseyLurie, Maxine N. and Mappen, Marc. Encyclopedia of New Jersey. 2004, page 455Vaughn, Stephen L. Encyclopedia of American Journalism. 2008, page 254 to second-generation German immigrants Johanna Lange and Heinrich Nutzhorn. She had a younger brother named Martin. Two early events shaped Lange's path as a photographer. First, at age seven she contracted polio, which left her with a weakened right leg and a permanent limp. "It formed me, guided me, instructed me, helped me, and humiliated me," Lange once said of her altered gait. "I've never gotten over it, and I am aware of the force and power of it." Second, five years later, her father abandoned the family, prompting a move from suburban New Jersey to a poorer neighborhood in New York City. Later she dropped her father's family name and took her mother's maiden name.
Lange was born in Hoboken, New JerseyLurie, Maxine N. and Mappen, Marc. Encyclopedia of New Jersey. 2004, page 455Vaughn, Stephen L. Encyclopedia of American Journalism. 2008, page 254 to second-generation German immigrants Johanna Lange and Heinrich Nutzhorn. She had a younger brother named Martin. Two early events shaped Lange's path as a photog.rapher. First, at age seven she contracted polio, which left her with a weakened right leg and a permanent limp "It formed me, guided me, instructed me, helped me, and humiliated me," Lange once said of her altered gait. "I've never gotten over it, and I am aware of the force and power of it." Second, five years later, her father abandoned the family, prompting a move from suburban New Jersey to a poorer neighborhood in New York City. Later she dropped her father's family name and took her mother's maiden name.