A ‘measured’ response?
I’m fed up of ‘measured’ responses to major sins.
David Roberston
(Farm Security Administration / United States Office of War Information / Migant mother
by Dorothea Lange / 1936)
Fed up.
This one well-recognized photograph by Dorothea Lange became the face, the poster child
if you will, of the plight of most Americans during the height of the Great Depression
and The Dust Bowl.
It is an image of a tired woman who is past fed up…who is now devoid and resigned to the
measured response offered by a Government who, in her small corner of the world,
has let her and her children down.
Ms. Lange later explained after the photograph was published:
“I saw and approached the hungry and desperate mother, as if drawn by a magnet.
I do not remember how I explained my presence or my camera to her,
but I do remember…
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What I wrote: “I’m still stuck with the picture; very powerful even since I was a kid seeing it in the history book. I agree with you black and white capture things that colors wouldn’t have been able to capture of the Great Depression…”
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