Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Several years ago there was a wonderful story about "Migrant Mother" in the San Jose Metro newspaper. According to the womans surviving children and grandchildren it was a "set-up" shot. When someone brought up the photo to the woman she would get very angry and say she felt exploited. A sizeable portion of the woman's family lives in San Jose. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> > I've gone back and looked the breadline photo many times over the last > 38 years. It is interesting to see how images can sometimes just happen > happen.The FSA website has quite a few different "Migrant Mother" > photos as well as many images by the other FSA shooters. .Another > photographer from the FSA period who's work I admire is Ben Shahn. After > the project he became much more famous as a painter and left-wing > activist. For some reason his work just strikes a chord with me. > > Walt > > Dave Mason wrote: > > >Walt, > > > >That was the photo of the man holding a beat-up tin cup who is facing > >the opposite way from another group of men - yes? What an amazing > >image. I believe I saw an alternate version of that photo taken with a > >more straight-on point-of-view and the photo loses almost all the > >power of the original. Same with the famous "Migrant Mother" shot - > >there are many alternates to that one which are great to see for the > >photography lesson contained within. > > > > > >Dave > > > >Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> writes: > > > > > > > > > >>I recently came across a copy of /*An American Exodus*/ by Lange and > >>her husband. Paperback, printed in 1969 and a bit battered but a > >>fantastic document. Cost me all of $3.00. As far as the interment > >>images being dark and disturbing? At the time many Americans probably > >>wanted to do the same to the Japanese Americans we will shortly do to > >>Saddam. The internment camps were, in my opinion, completely > >>unjustified but sometimes truth is dark and disturbing, Lange seemed > >>to seek out truth as Kyle does gun nuts. She did an image I can close > >>my eyes and see called /*White Angel Breadline*/. Don't know if you're > >>familiar with it or not but well worth a look. > >> > >> > > > > > > > >>Dave Mason wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>http://tinyurl.com/ymw9sk > >>> > >>> > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information