Dorothea Lange

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A while back I was asked to make a short presentation to the PhotoBath group on an image that has always inspired me (September, 2016). It didn’t take long to decide that it was Dorothea Lange‘s photograph taken during the Great Depression, in California (Nipomo), in 1936. It is generally known as Migrant Mother. Dorothea Lange. 1936. Migrant Mother of Seven. Nipomo. Dorothea was commissioned by …