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In the tent was the mother, her teenage daughter, and three young children. Realizing that these photographs lacked a central focus, Lange honed in on the mother and her children. [5] Lange moved closer to the tent and took a third snapshot of just the mother and her baby, asking the two young children at her side to move out of the frame.
Florence Owens Thompson (born Florence Leona Christie; September 1, 1903 – September 16, 1983) was an American woman who was the subject of Dorothea Lange's photograph Migrant Mother (1936), considered an iconic image of the Great Depression. The Library of Congress titled the image: "Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children.
Birth name: Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn; pseudonym: Taylor, Paul Schuster, Mrs; Dorothea Lange Taylor; Dorothea Nutzhorn; Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn Dixon Taylor Lange Description American-German journalist, photojournalist, photographer, documentarian and artist
In Paula Vogel’s semi-autobiographical “Mother Play,” Lange plays a woman and mother (to children portrayed by fellow Tony nominees Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger) in scenes that span ...
Lange, a beauty at 75, has a face that has only grown more expressive with the years. In "The Great Lillian Hall," that face is a map of emotion we read. Even when Lillian is being deceptive (even ...
[80] [81] On June 6, 2023, Jessica Lange: An Adventurer's Heart, a biography by film scholar, historian, and journalist Anthony Uzarowski, was released. [82] Lange returned to Broadway to originate the lead role in a Second Stage Theater presentation of Paula Vogel's new play, Mother Play, which premiered at the Hayes Theater in April 2024. [7]
Dorothea Lange (born Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn; May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA).
Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother depicts Florence Owens Thompson, a mother of seven children and migrant worker, in March 1936. Lange's photograph was instrumental in raising awareness about the conditions faced by migrant workers. [1] A pea-picker is a derogatory reference to poor, migrant workers during the Great Depression.