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Visual Analysis: Migrant Mother
“Migrant Mother”- A Picture Worth a Thousand of wordsDorothea Lange’s photograph, known as Migrant Mother, was taken in 1936 during the great depression era which emphasizes a woman, Florence Leona Christie. She holds a baby in her lap as her other two youngsters group around her. The mother 's face is the core of the picture. Her fingertips are simply touching her face as she is thinking of something. The youngsters settle close to their mother and lean their heads on her shoulder and back yet there countenances are confronting far from the camera. The baby is wrapped around in a blanket and has all the earmarks of being sleeping. The youngsters ' apparels have gaps in the sleeves and the sleeves on the mother 's sweater are torn toward …show more content…
The woman and the children are purely the subject, but their hair is exceptionally dull while their skin is significantly lighter. The contrast, particularly unmistakable on the mother, highlights the mother 's face, which holds most of the photograph 's view. The complexity, particularly unmistakable on the mother, highlights the mother 's face, which holds most of the photograph 's inclination. The outflow on the mother 's face draws on an alternate component. Feeling. Her frons is wrinkled, communicating her hardships. Her face is solemn and dismal uncovering her battle. Her struggle is so great that she is not taking a glimpse at the cam, however she is well mindful that she is having her portrait taken. The empty look on her face demonstrates that she isn 't interested or fascinated by the photograph or the photographic artist, not because that Lange is tedious but since the mother has much more to think about. She is attempting to encourage herself and her children. She doesn 't have the ability to end up captivated by a photographic artist. There is not enough grit in her body to consider something other than endurance at this

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