Mirgrant Mother

‘MIGRANT MOTHER’ In my mind, Dorothea Lange will always be identified with this image. I first saw it watching a documentary on the Great Depression in my sophomore History class. The impact it made was so strong that ever since that first view I can picture it whenever I want with perfect clarity and detail in my mind. Even without knowing the historical context, you can guess it from the clothes, the expression, and the …showed first 75 words of 1361 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1361 total…the world of the arts. "While there is a province in which photograph can tell us nothing more than we see with our eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see." -Dorothea Lange REFERENCES · Dorothea Lange: Photography of a Lifetime · Dorothea Lange: American Photographs · Dorothea Lange: A Visual Life · Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange · Dorothea Lange · The Photographs of Dorothea Lange