J Malcolm Manness – 16 April, 2017
An excellent article on The Vintage News site relates the story of Florence Leona Christie Thompson, the woman in the iconic photo of the Great Depression The Migrant Mother, by Dorothea Lange.
The story reveals a hidden tragedy – one behind the obvious, the legion of people caught in the ecological and political collapse that was that era.
As a youngster with a budding interest in photography, I was inspired by this photo. The fact that an image can Continue reading