A Migrant Mother

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     Hello! So I am actually very interested in photography, especially photography during the 1930s-1950s and I thought I would share my favorite photograph from the 1930s. I was given a great book all about the different subjects and elements in photography which is where I came across this photograph.
    We at least all know that the Great Depression took place in the 1930s, which is when this was taken by Dorothea Lang in 1936. This image is an image of a "Migrant Mother" caring for her children in a tent. This mother actually does migrate from place to place,(hence the name) in order to find some way of supporting her children with food.
    The reason why I love this picture so much is because it really captures the entire attitude and mood for the Great Depression. We see the mother's long, piercing look of despair and exhaust. We also see the turned heads of the children leaning on their mother to hold onto her. This photo really spoke to me because it appears that the mother still has the maternal attitude but there is nothing much she can give to them. That is what most of the Great Depression was. People still cared and were a part of each other; but they could not give them much because they did not have much for themselves anyway.
   I'm not sure why, but out of the whole entire book this one is my favorite because it was more than a photograph. It was a story that the Migrant Mother was sharing with us. I hope this image speaks to you in some way as well.