The haunting black and white images have been taken by Lange having a "Graflex" camera and the original negatives have been 4x5 film (Dorothea 1).
In the "Migrant Mother" image, we see the haunting and forlorn condition of the woman sitting inside a lean-to with her children huddled around her, hungry and tired, with nowhere to live. The black and white image captures a forlorn expression and concern on the mother's face that may be really moving. Lange reported how the family
had just sold their tent and car tires to buy food, owning subsisted off of frozen vegetables from the fields and birds killed by her sons (Dorothea 1). These images placed Lange at the forefront of female photographers, capturing the mood and condition of millions of Americans forced to relocate looking for work and food during the era. In a single interview, Lange said of Florence Thompson.
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Photography of Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange
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