Florence Owens Thompson

The iconic image for discussion is from the women named Florence Owens Thompson. The image is this woman who is with her children in the Great Depression era called the Migrant Mother taken by the photographer Dorothea Lange. The Great Depression was a difficult time for people in the United States. The stock market crash caused debt for many citizens, which caused them to struggle with their bills. Thus, people lost their homes which caused them to be homeless. The Great Depression occurred during

“Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.” – Berenice Abbott. An American photographer best known for black and white photography of New York, Berenice Abbott believed a photograph are special and unique. It cannot be copied or mimic others. A photograph will represent the historical picture of the past. The historical past or memories of the photograph usually have a very meaningful and emotional story behind it. A photograph has

name of Florence Owens Thompson. Thompson was a mother of seven, and her photograph because an iconic symbol of the Great Depression. The Grapes of Wrath, a novel about the migration during the 1930’s, was influenced by “Migrant Mother.” Under Language in a Cultural Context with a focus on language and identity, an analysis of the photograph and the background of Thompson, an additional intercalary chapter of Grapes of Wrath is written. This chapter will focus on the true story behind Thompson, rather

The United States experienced both the Great Depression and harsh weather conditions during the 1930’s causing Americans to suffer through extreme hardship and impoverishment. Many of the migrant farmers were bankrupt, destitute, and struggled to survive. Photographer and photojournalist, Dorothea Lange, captured the dangerous conditions migrant workers and their families endured through her photograph, Migrant Mother. The photograph not only displays a woman and children suffering, but also reveals

Coles’ Ideas in The Tradition: Fact and Fiction “The documentary tradition as a continually developing “record” that is made in so many ways, with different voices and vision, intents and concerns, and with each contributor, finally, needing to meet a personal text” (Coles 218). Coles writes “The Tradition: Fact and Fiction” and describes the process of documenting, and what it is to be a documentarian. He clearly explains through many examples and across disciplines that there is no “fact or

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

During the first half of the 20th century, Photographs, songs, and cartoons tried to interpret the problems of the time through different kinds of imagery and tone with varying amounts of success, from praise 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

drawn to a woman and her children. That woman was a 32-year-old migrant crop picker named Florence Owens Thompson who recently had come to the camp with her seven children, hoping to find work. Lange, intrigued by the woman’s worn looks and curious about her life, asked Thompson if she could photograph her and her family. According to Lange, she took six pictures of Thompson and her children, and asked Thompson no questions other than her age. One of the photographs taken that day was ‘Migrant Mother

month’s trip photographing migratory farm labour around the state when she spotted a small camp on the road. “I saw and approached the hungry and desperate mother, as if drawn by a magnet” (Dorothea Lange, 1960). The photo is of a mother named Florence Owen Thompson and her three children huddling together. The mother is in a slouched position, with her hand resting under her chin looking worried. On the mother’s lap is an infant wrapped in a jacket. The visual appeal of this photo is one of the key

The mother, Florence Owens Thompson, and her family had to remove the tires from their car and sell them to buy food. They also had to pitch a tent for shelter. The photographs of the starving family were published in the News and the United Press notified relief authorities