Analysis Of Young Family, Penniless By Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange’s photo “Young Family, Penniless” illuminates the human soul, during the Depression Era, is resilient. A young family, a man, woman, and baby, are traveling on a long and dirt road. They are in California during the great depression. The man is carrying two leather suitcases, showing they are traveling and not just going on a walk, and the woman is carrying the child. They are standing on a dirt road next to the highway, hitchhiking. On their left side is a highway with telephone poles, and a train track; on their left they’re a long line of trees. This photo demonstrates how the human soul is resilient during the Depression. Lange accomplishes this by framing. She shows the whole family together being resilient; instead,