A destitute mother glances to the side as her two children cling to her shoulders. The photograph taken by Dorothea Lange of the Migrant Mother exists as one of the most iconic images from the years of the Great Depression. But it raises the question of what makes the photo remarkably famous. Without planning for it at the time‚ Lange successfully presented to the world the hardships of the Great Depression and the immense impact it created on people and their lives’. Perhaps it holds noticeable
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Thompson allowed Dorothea Lange to photograph her family because she thought it might help the plight of the working poor. "She always wanted a better life‚" her daughter later said. The "Mother Migrants" picture can be said to be the most celebrated narrative picture of the twentieth century and has turned into an image of perseverance even with misfortune. One of Lange’s most perceived works is titled Migrant Mother. The lady in the photograph is Florence Owens Thompson. In 1960‚ Lange talked about
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Eileen Romero Photo Design W3_A3 Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) I chose Dorothea Lange because I admire her strength of character‚ her empathy and compassion for her subjects‚ but more importantly because of the essence of the people she was able to capture in her photographs. Not only does the viewer feel pity for the subjects‚ they also feel sadness for them because the photographs treat them as people so the viewer is able to feel for them like they would their own family and friends.
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Mother. The very word‚ for most‚ conjures up the notion of comfort‚ safety‚ and unconditional love. This idea of motherhood is capture in Dorothea Lange ’s picture‚ Migrant Mother. When one views the picture‚ one is struck by the tired look in her eyes and the hope for a better situation down the road. One has to wonder if Dorothea viewed this picture from a psychoanalytic perspective‚ social or formal analysis when constructing the actual shot. Knowing this adds an even greater depth to an understanding
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The Life of Dorothea Lange To say that Dorothea Lange led a full life is an understatement. She led and extraordinary life and it is a fascinating tale. As you will see‚ she was an amazing person‚ charming and likeable‚ but also a person with just as many hardships as the subjects of her work. Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn’s story begins on May 26‚ 1895 in Hoboken‚ New Jersey. She was born at home and was the first born to second generation German emigrants Heinrich and Johanna Nutzhorn.
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Dorothea Lange was born on May 26‚ 1895 in Hoboken‚ New Jersey to Joanna and Heinrich Nutzhorn. Her father worked as a lawyer and her mother stayed home to raise her and her brother. At the age of seven Dorothea came down with polio‚ which left her with permanent damage to her right leg. Suffering from this disease cause Dorothea to develop her compassion for people suffering since she had lived through suffering herself. At the age of twelve her parents separated‚ and Dorothea blamed her father
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Dorothea Lange An American Photographer Dorothea Lange‚ born May 26‚ 1895 and passed Oct 11‚ 1965 would best be described as an artistic and political intellectual‚ working systematically toward refining the emotional and political communicative power of her photography. She attended the New York Training School for Teachers from 1914 to 1917‚ and there decided to become a photographer‚ partly influenced by visits to the photographer Arnold
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Prewitt Professor Karlstein PHOT 107 6 May 2017 Dorothea Lange Research Paper Dorothea Lange was a photographer from the United States who became well known for her photographic journalism on farmers during the Great Depression. Before I go into detail about her work as a photographer‚ I will offer background to her past. Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn was born on May 26‚ 1895 in Hoboken‚ New Jersey. She was born to Heinrich Nutzhorn and Johanna Lange‚ second generation German immigrants who resided
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Depression in the United States that a photographer for the Resettlement Administration‚ Dorothea Lange‚ stepped outside of the studio and focused her work on the suffering she was witnessing around her. The Resettlement Administration is a New Deal agency that focuses on helping poor families relocate. This job lead Lange to Nipomo‚ California where she found herself at a campsite crowded with out-of-work pea pickers. Lange approached a woman who had been suffering from the loss of a job due to the crop
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Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother Nadirah Malarve In the year of 1938 ‚ photographer Dorothea Lange‚ took one of Americas most captivating and touching series of photographs entitled The Migrant mother. In her photographs‚ she showed pictures of a mother and her two children‚ during the Great Depression in which the family seem completely destitute‚ while setting up camp to find work in the city. This photograph symbolized the Great Depression as it shows how many lives of Americans were affected
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