Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Migrant Mother's reaction doesn't surprise me at all. I'm sure that Lange and her entourage fed her and the children and even slipped her a few dollars. Had She not been photographed that day perhaps she and her children would have missed a few more meals. One thing is for sure, I'd love to be able to set up photographs like that. :-) Walt jon.stanton@comcast.net wrote: >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 >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >