Dorthea Lange

Title: Migrant Mother

Artist: Dorthea Lange

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Year: 1936



Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?

Dorthea Lange was known for her Depression pictures for the FSA. She was a photojournalist and photographer. In 1941 Lange was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for her amazing photographs. Lange switched to taking pictures of Japanese Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Later on the Army impounded them because they are really critical. Lange was also a cofounder of the magazine Aperture.





Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).

I like the Migrant Mother picture because it shows how hard the immigrants work. It shows how bad their life style was because they didn’t have much money so they did anything to live. I think it’s interesting on how she hides the faces of the children I would think a face picture of the children would make it more noticeable on how their living is poor and unhealthy.







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