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In 1826, John Warner Barber published The Drunkard's Progress, or The Direct Road to Poverty, Wretchedness, & Ruin, a four-part lithograph depicting a family's journey to the poorhouse due to consuming alcohol. [10] [11] Based on Barber's work, Currier created his similarly named The Drunkard's Progress: From the First Glass to the Grave in ...
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.
Following his Blue Period – which depicted themes of poverty, loneliness, and despair in somber, blue tones – Picasso's Rose Period represents more pleasant themes of clowns, harlequins and carnival performers, depicted in cheerful vivid hues of red, orange, pink and earth tones.
[1] Pictures nominated by the public were reviewed by editors who then compiled 100 photographs that they felt portrayed technological photographic achievements, documented historic events and accomplishments or have achieved iconic cultural and, symbolic status. [1]
Migrant Mother is a photograph taken in 1936 in Nipomo, California, by American photographer Dorothea Lange [1] during her time with the Resettlement Administration (later the Farm Security Administration). [2]
Original Cover of 1890 edition Bandits' Roost, 59 1/2 Mulberry Street (1888). How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York (1890) is an early publication of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s.
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).
Rural poverty refers to situations where people living in non-urban regions are in a state or condition of lacking the financial resources and essentials for living. It takes account of factors of rural society, rural economy, and political systems that give rise to the marginalization and economic disadvantage found there. [1]