After reading the three articles about Banksy‚ Dorothea Lange‚ and V for Vendetta I noticed great details including the historical and social background of the artists and art making visual arguments. When one understands the background of an artist and his or her work its interesting to figure out how they correspond with their personal ideologies and morals as well as what they were influenced by and how they became who they are today. It Is important to learn and understand the historical and
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In “The Harvest Gypsies” by John Steinbeck and “The Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange‚ the feeling of desperation is felt by many migrant farmers’ causing them to feel hopeless and helpless. Many small farmers’ from the United States lost everything of their lives because of the large drought. The farmers’ packed everything they had left and traveled with their families’ to California to find work. “The drought in the middle west has driven the agricultural populations of Oklahoma‚ Nebraska and
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Propaganda Poster: This is America The poster “This is America” by Dorothea Lange is propaganda. It was created in 1942‚ which is the same year as the United States just entered the World War. The poster consists of a happy family eating around a dinner table. As well as the picture‚ there is also a caption. The caption states that family is “sacred” and it must be kept free. The poster is an attempt to gather support and more soldiers for the war‚ as many Americans were unsure about entering the
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LTA Essay Dorothea Lange‚ The photographer that I did my research on was born on May 26‚ 1895 in Hoboken‚ New Jersey. She lived in New Jersey until she went to study in New York City to become a teacher but later on she decided to leave the teaching career and focus on Photography. While focusing on becoming a Photographer‚ in 1919 she moved to San Francisco and opened a portrait studio in the city. Later in 1935‚ Dorothea was invited to join the Farm Security Administration and after that
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Migrant mother‚ Nipomo‚ California 1936 is a great picture captured by Dorothea Lange. The picture in black & white and the woman about like thirty years old with her three children. Black & white is showing countless artwork and showing past phase. The woman with her three children; the two children with both arms by turned their face showing they are starved. Other children on her lap it is a baby and he/she do not know about anything. The mother looks tense and waiting for somebody such as happiness
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felt by the country during the 1920s and 1930s is nearly impossible to grasp by today’s society‚ yet when looking at photographs such as “Migrant Mother” we are given a glimpse of the hardships that plagued the nation. The hopeless‚ weathered gaze of the woman in “Migrant Mother” served as a representation of the hopelessness felt by so many suffering mothers and families during the Great Depression. This hopelessness
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not only stage pictures‚ but to also go back and retouch them once they are already taken. These two forms of photo manipulation are causing a serious ethical dilemma in the photojournalism world. “Migrant Mother”‚ a photograph of down and out mom Florence Thompson‚ taken by photographer Dorothea Lange‚ is a captivating photo‚ that at first glance has a major impact
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"If I am cold‚ they are cold; if I am weary‚ they are distressed; if I am alone‚ they are abandoned." - Dorothea Dix Dorothea L. Dix and the Establishment of the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum Prior to the Industrial Revolution‚ traditional institutions like the family‚ church‚ and local communities were charged with the care of orphaned children‚ the elderly‚ the indigent‚ and the mentally ill. As the Revolution flourished it greatly evolved the economy‚ social structure‚ and political
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a DJosh Wang Mr. Raphael US 1 History Honors 23 March 2013 Dorothea Dix: Mother of American Asylums Dear Admissions office at the University of the United States‚ From 1824‚ Dorothea Dix has proved to be valuable to social reform in the United States. After visiting multiple prisons and seeing the mentally insane housed together with criminals‚ Dix began a national movement to treat the insane in more benevolent ways. Her religious beliefs also influenced her to recognize the need for rehabilitation
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Dorothea Puente Dorothea Puente‚ born Dorothea Helen Gray was born on January 9‚ 1929 in San Bernardino County‚ California. As most serial killers‚ Dorothea had a rough childhood. When she was eight her father died of tuberculosis. A year later her mother died in a motorcycle accident. After her mother passing Dorothea and her 18 siblings (Dorothea being the sixth) went into foster care in separate locations. Throughout her life‚ Dorothea Puente was known to be a compulsive liar‚ claiming
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