Prior to the release of her debut monograph, 50 Photographs (2008), the Aperture magazine devoted to fine art photography introduced selections from the photo-book in their spring issue of 2007.

The work itself with an introduction written by Patti Smith went on public the following year, on November 18 through powerHouse Books and a distribution by Random House.

The George Eastman House - International Museum of Photography & Film in Rochester, New York hosted the artist from July to September that year.

For this occasion though, she contributed with a thematic collection of her own pictures taken by Walker Evans during the 1930s in Louisiana; all presented for the local Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

In 2011, Lange's exhibition went on a worldwide tour including additional countries, such as Spain on four separate occasions (2011-2012 and 2015), Portugal (2012), California (2013) and Russia (2014).