Analysis Of Laura Gilpin 's Life

She soon opened up her own portrait studio. She was very successful in her studio and she even established a group of friends for the first time in her life. In 1920, she married Maynard Dixon who was twenty years older then her. She became one of the most popular portrait photographers in San Francisco. When she went on a trip to Arizona, she took pictures outside of her studio for the first time. This was where she first encountered people who were swallowed in poverty, hopelessness, and humiliation. She soon came to a realization. Dorothea Lange said, "It suddenly came to me that what I had to do was take pictures and concentrate upon people – only people – all kinds of people, people who paid me and people who didn't" (Sufrin 78). In the late 1920's, she had two sons. It was hard for her to juggle being a mother, wife, and a photographer, so her children were often boarded out. As the Great Depression slowly approached, tensions grew in her marriage with Dixon.

Dorothea Lange became a well-known photographer with pictures of the Dust Bowl. According to Garland 2003 her photography obtained government relief for Dust Bowl migrants because she “visually demonstrated the hunger, poverty, hardship, and the plight of the migrants.”

Georgia O’Keeffe was born to the parents of Francis Calyxtus O’Keeffe and Ida (Totto) O’Keeffe on November 15, 1887 near Wisconsin. Georgia was the second oldest child and by the age of ten she knew she wanted to become an artist someday. Her first aspiration was doing abstracts. She was selective about what she painted, but often times she would paint to please others and not herself. Her paintings were thought of as sexual paintings because of the way they were drawn and painted in which she would say is one’s own opinion. Georgia O’Keeffe was best known for her flower canvas and southwestern landscapes. Her husband who is a famous photographer by the name of Alfred Stieglitz used to paint nice portraits of her. She was very fond of him, they both liked what each other did as far as how they were making ends meet, and he just didn’t want her to sell any of her paintings. He would often times tell people “No” so they wouldn’t buy any of her paintings because he wanted them all to himself. She had an interest in nature and used bright colors in her paintings.

“Cultivate Positive Identities.” Laura M. Roberts. How to be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact. Jane E. Dutton and Gretchan M. Sprieitzer. San Francisco: Berret-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2014. 54-63.

For my case study analysis I will be reviewing the case of Laura. I am very interested in learning more about conditional substance abuse. I am also interested in learning more about the concurring presence of anxiety and substance abuse. I am particularly interested in the learning more about the use of psychoactive substances as a form of self medication for anxiety.

Curtis begins this article by describing how Lange was a little different from traditional documentary photographers. Tradition was honesty, directness, and a lack of manipulation. Lange and other influential photographers like Walker Evans, knew that they had to document life with a purpose but in order to really convey their message they had to include artistic elements. Aesthetic was an important part of her work, she wanted her photos to have an artistic value which could help capture the universal struggle of those living in poverty. In order to do this she had to do many different shots with different angles, different positions of the subjects, and sometimes including or excluding certain sitters. For example the teenage daughter of the family was excluded in some of the photos because it presented awkward questions. According to Curtis, “While middle-class viewers were sympathetically disposed to the needs of impoverished

Laura Murphy is a member of the Lake Braddock Secondary School Parent-Teacher-Student Association in Fairfax Station, Virginia. Murphy is advocating for students at the high school to not read a particular novel. The novel that she is challenging happens to be the Pulitzer Prize winner Beloved by Toni Morrison. Murphy is not only challenging the book, but is also wanting to ban Beloved. In regards to future literature, “new polices are adopted for books assigned” that might have objectionable content.

New photographers and journalists began to document imagery of everyday life and the hardship through the Dustbowl and The Great Depression. A famous photographer is Dorothea Lange. One picture that is famous by her is called "Migrant Mother," showed a gaunt young widow holding her three daughters, her careworn face suggesting that hope was running out. Dorothea Lange was working under Working under Roy Stryker, primarily under the Farm Security Administration (FSA), a small group of talented photographers, including Walker Evans, Marion Post Wolcott, John Vachon, Russell Lee, and Arthur Rothstein, documented the human, natural, and economic devastation of the region in photographs printed in federal publications as well as in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines. Another famous documentor portraying the world around us was John Steinbeck. He wrote a set of newspaper articles that year depicting in similar terms what Dorothea Lange’s photographs show. (Gregory,

The general argument made by Deborah Gilboa in her work Hey, Jimmy Kimmel, Find a Different Funny expressed her thoughts on Jimmy Kimmel’s challenge given to parents. More specifically, Gilboa argues about how parent’s taking their children’s candy can damage their relationship with each other for a humiliating reaction. Gilboa explains how it was cruel to use their children’s horrifying reaction to get a for a chance of it being viral on the Tonight’s Show. Gilboa writes, “I see parents damaging their kids” (Gilboa, 2015) and Gilboa disputes how she is a family doctor that deals with parenting and youth development; she then brings up how “It’s the fragile kids — the ones who weep and wail and swear and throw things” (Gilboa, 2015) that actually

Born May 26, 1895 in Hoboken, New Jersey. She was named Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn when she was born but later dropped her middle name and took her mothers maiden name after her father abandoned her and her family. When Lange was seven years old she contracted polio, which the effects of this was a lame leg that caused a limp, and a nickname of “limpy” from the children around her. When her father left at the age of 12, her mother had to get a job to help better support the family. Her mother started working at the public library on the lower east side of New York. (Oden, 1) Lange went to public school, which she did not like and ditched most of the time. This also would turn out to be a time that shaped her into the photographer she became. She hated school and would ditch, she would then go to the library her mother worked at after school and pretend to do her homework. Her mother never checked to see if she was going to school or even if she did her work. During the time at the library she would look at pictures while she waited for her mother. On the days her mother worked late she would walk home in the nasty streets of the lower east side. This became another moment in her life that shaped her because she learned to not draw attention to herself in the streets

Georgia O’Keeffe was famous for her flower paintings, beautiful cityscapes, outstanding landscapes, and images of bright bones against the desert sky (“About Georgia O’Keeffe,” 2017). She based all of her artwork on objects and sights she saw in nature (“About Georgia O’Keeffe,” 2017). Georgia was inspired by her local surroundings in Texas, New Mexico, and New York City. While she lived in Texas, she painted images of deep, broad canyons, stunning sunrises, and the evening star that was still noticeable in daylight (“About Georgia O’Keeffe,” 2017). Georgia created abstract and realistic landscapes of the breathtaking views that were visible from her home in New Mexico. (“About Georgia O’Keeffe,” 2017). In New York, she produced a series that included some of the most original abstract pieces of art in American Modernism between 1918 and 1923 (“About Georgia O’Keeffe,” 2017).

Dorothea Lange put some the photographs she took in to her books. Her book Dorothea Lange’s Ireland, published in 1996,explores the world of the rural Irish families. It shows there

In life memories is the most important thing that nobody can take it away. Memories could be good or bad, but a memory is memories. Gilman was born in July 03, 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Charlotte). She committed suicide in August 17, 1935 (Stone). When she was a small girl, her father Frederick Perkins left his wife and family (Charlotte). She was raised by single mother, Mary Westcott. Her father was a librarian and editor (Stone). In small age she didn’t get enough love from her father. They both were in touch with each other, but she didn’t get that love in person. Gilman didn’t get well educated because she had to moving different places. The good thing is, she achieves her artist degree from Rhode Island School of Design. She

Dorothea Lange is an experienced photographer, born on the 26th day of March 1895. Her works have been a source of insight for many people and this has proved very effective to contemporary photographers. There are many works that this woman did during her time and it is important to acknowledge them. Migrant Mother is one of these works and the applause that it has gotten from the viewers clearly portrays expertness at its best. The photo revolves around the life and family of one Florence Owens Williams and was taken in 1936 in California Florida. Going through the various elements of this photograph is effective in ensuring that one understands the deep concepts that revolve around it.

A Romantic writer uses emotion and sensation to portray desire. Edgar Allen Poe used it to convey a love that exceeds death. In his poem “Annabel Lee”, Poe speaks of a painful memory. Poe’s narrator seems like a reasonable guy, except for the fact that he likes to sleep beside a corpse every night. This however, is where the poem becomes intriguing. What would make someone feel such an extreme love? The narrator worships “Annabel”. He feels that not only death can keep them apart. Even though Edgar Allen Poe would like to portray ideal love as one that can transcend death, his use of imagery to instill visual interest, still gives the narrator a persona that borders on the edge of insanity.