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    have a very meaningful and emotional story behind it. A photograph has its own significant meaning, which communicates through the details of the photo. The photograph on the left that I have found is Migrant Mother, taken by Dorothea Lange in 1936. In 1935, Lange and her husband, Paul Taylor, was transfer to the Resettlement Administrations, one of Roosevelt’s New Deal programs designed to help the country recovers from depression. She began working as a photographer and took snapshots of events

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    In the article, “Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, and the Culture of the Great Depression” by James C. Curtis, we understand what it takes to get the perfect photo to represent a message. Dorothea Lange became very popular during her time and is known especially for her photo, Migrant Mother, which documents life during the Great Depression. James C. Curtis does a good job explaining the artistic decisions to this most famous shot and how many different steps Lange took in order to really create a

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    and awe to disgust and rejection. In the early 20th century, Americans were suffering from the Great Depression and its high unemployment rates, droughts and terrible living conditions, so when they first saw the series of photographs by Dorothea Lange, including the Migrant Mother, they were in awe of how it captured their situation, as well as their beliefs, perfectly. Not only did they represent the people as “dignified human beings whose plight would elicit sympathy, not ridicule,” Lange’s photos

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    hardships of migrant families trapped in poverty. While Dorothea Lange helped readers perceive the poor living conditions of the 1900’s through her photo, John Steinbeck helped evoke the most empathy through his descriptiveness, straightforward style, and listing of dramatic events. To begin with, Lange helped perceive the poor living conditions of the 1900’s through her photo of the migrant mother and three children. For instance, Lange with her photo of the migrant mother helped raise awareness, for

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    The ‘Testimony of Faces’ display by Lisa Fitzgerald is a raw comment on the social sphere of Nicaragua, as well as a hopeful act of solidarity by photographer Lisa Fitzgerald. In her ‘Testimony’ Fitzgerald documents, in photograph, those she worked with on the tobacco fields o Jalapa Nicaragua in their adult lives. Shown side by side with pictures from each person's past, The photos of the tobacco workers makes a phenomenal job of sharing each testimony, in no words at all. Split into three main

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    Kimberly Teasdale Professor Kelli Cole English 121-002 February 15th, 2017 The Determination of a Man Looking for a Better Tomorrow “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still” said Dorothea Lange. This quote is shown to be true in the time of the Dust Bowl and Great Depression and is captured by all the breathtaking photographs that were taken during this struggling time. In the 1930s large dust storms began to occur due to severe drought and farming techniques

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    Dorothea Lange was an important figure in American history during the Great Depression. Dorothea Lange is famous for her photographs that captured all the pain and suffering people were going through. These feelings and conflict were hidden or not known but with her photographs it soon came to the public's attention. She had said, “We unearthed and discovered what had been neglected… or not known.” This quotes explains what her intentions were for these pictures. She wanted to uncover all the pain

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    This report will give historical information about Dorothea Lange, who photographed the “face” of the Great Depression. The project will audit her early life and photographs. It will also examine her role during the Great Depression. Dorothea Lange took pictures of anything that caught her eye, which is why her photographs do not have a particular classification. If her technique did have a vague analysis, it would be social realism, which is a style of painting, used in the 1930s, in which the scenes

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    Let’s give our soul the rest that truly deserves. The purpose of spending a day without technology is to detoxify ourselves from the continuous barrage of information. Just as Mark Bittman mentions in his article, “I felt connected to myself rather than my computer. I had time to think, and distance from normal demands.”(4) We are so accustomed to rely on technology that we seem to forget what would become of us without it. Internet, radio, television, cell phones, video games and other technological

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    the computer only for homework and that’s all was the magic rule. Christian Lous Lange famous quote states, “Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master” (“Technology: Useful Servant / Dangerous Master”, 2014). That is to say we control the technology and if ever gets control of us then it will cause danger to our society. Technology is not the bad but we are if we let ourselves to get manipulated. Also Lange gives truth about our technology by asserting, “Nowhere is this sense of serving

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