The Migrant Mother: A Fortuitous Encounter and an Iconic Image that Almost Wasn't
Did you know that the Migrant Mother which sold for almost 300 thousand USD was almost destroyed when someone from maintenance threw it in the dumpster?
Is the Migrant Mother (1936) by Dorothea Lange the single most iconic image of the Great Depression?
Today I want to analyze an iconic image of Florence Owens Thompson known as Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange. I am going to take a closer look at the composition as well as at the story behind the photograph.