Dorothea Lange was a popular photojournalist during the Great Depression. She helped influence documentary photography.
This piece is titled "Migrant Mother" because it's a mother with her two children as their family travels across the country during the Great Depression. The values in this photo help to show the worry lines and wrinkles in this woman's face.
I like how Lange only focused on the boys instead of focusing on everything because it makes the photo so simple and unique. Rather than having pictures of little kids smiling and playing outside, she captured photos of what the kids were feeling about the depression as well.
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