| | HOMAGE II TO DOROTHEA LANGE
Shown above is Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother"; Nipomo, California (1936). It is perhaps her best known work. I would argue that it would be difficult to identify a more widely known image with the probable exception of Joe Rosenthal's "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima". Many of Lange's photos have set a photographic standard that is hard to match. DPI was able to locate the photo below that we call "Coal Miner's Family"; West Virginia c.1931. The photo speaks to us of Appalachia and the coal mines therein that the people depend on to put food on the table. The constant danger of working in the mines in addition to the unhealthy effect of the coal dust in the communities can be seen here as this mother tries to clean her young child. In "Migrant Mother" we view the mother's stress as she tries to save her famlly, but in "Coal Miner's Family" the stress is seen on the face of the child rather than the mother. We think that "Coal Miner's Family" is the type of photo that would have had meaning for Lange had she been present. See more photos from our 1930s collection.
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