Documenting the great depression
Complete the below readings and video and answer below questions:
http://www.openphotographyforums.com/art_MICHAEL_STONES_001.php
Who Was Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/02/dustbowl.photo/index.html
What was the role of “Migrant Mother” photographs in the period or great depression and what is it nowadays?
Did Dorothea Lange present the truth with the “Migrant Mother” photo? Is this photo factual? Does it capture reality?
Did the migrant mother like the photographs? Was she happy about them and the message they send to the world? Was her familly happy with the photographs and how they were presented to the world?
Explore http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html and elaborate why the project has significant impact on the society?
