Artwork/Artist post

     Dorothea Lange, born on the 26th of May in 1895 and died on the 11th of October in 1965. She was born and grew up in Hoboken, New Jersey. As a kid she caught a disease called polio. She had to walk with a limp for the remainder of her life. Although she did have to do that she still said that her damaged foot made her work hard and made her stronger and more understanding. She took so much pride in herself that she took a photo of her foot one day and kept it ever since. ONce she was out of college she wanted to be a photographer, even though she didnt know how to even use a camera. She wanted to be a photographer because of her imagination and her interest in people. She left New York and went to California. She met a western painter named Maynard Dixon and eventually got married to him in 1922. Over time she has two boys with him John and Dan. Her relationship didnt go well and she got separated from him while sending her boys to boarding school. She met a guy named Paul Taylor and he convinced her to have her first show at a small California gallery in 1934. She got married to Paul Taylor in 1935. She lived a long life full of photography and eventually died of cancer in her esophagus.
           Dorothea Lange became a photographer during the time of the great depression. Most of her photos are of the different families she came across during the great depression. The photos are all in black and white. They all show the struggle people went through, and how worried they were because they didn't know what was next. She loved taking pictures with this one camera of hers. It was big and bulky and hard to carry but she loved it any way. She said that with that camera it made her steady herself and take the time to focus on what she was taking a picture of.
         The picture I focused on was called Migrant Mother and was taken in 1936. It was a black and white photo of a mother during the great depression. She's sitting with her hand to her mouth showing stress. Her kids are around her and it's like she cant see them or she doesn't notice them. You can see the creases or wrinkles on her forehead. Her mouth looks like its frowning a bit, and her eyes look sad. Her clothes look raged and layered. The whole picture looks a bit dirty. The woman's face and her childrens arms looked shades of gray. You can tell the depression affected many people and in this photograph you may not be able to see where they are living or what they are living in but you can see the concern and worry and hurt that hits through the mothers eyes and slight frown. This photo is very powerful and is claimed to be one of the most famous pictures of the depression.