Subject Of Iconic Depression-Era Picture Says Photo Changed Her Life

 

Earlier today CNN posted a report that discusses how an image that became an icon of the Great Depression affected the lives its subjects and their family.
    The photograph, known as "Migrant Mother," was shot by Dorothea Lange in 1936 during a month-long project photographing migrant workers in California for the Resettlement Administration. It depicts a mother, who was working a farm in Nipomo, with two of her seven children.
    Katherine McIntosh (left), who was four at the time the photograph was taken, says it inspired she and her family to improve their lives. "I wanted to make sure I never lived like that again," she told CNN.
    More about the photograph, including Lange's recollection of making the picture, can also be found on the Library of Congress Web site. Link.

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Comments

[Aaron Lindberg]

I was glad to see this article on CNN. This was one of the photos you study about in art history classes and now seeing one of the individuals outcome from this photo was refreshing. Sort of an interesting closure to a great photo from the past.