"Migrant Mother"

Title

"Migrant Mother"

Creator

Dorothea Lange

Subject

Portraits of the Great Depression

Description

Lange's Migrant Mother snapshots the grim gaze of Florence Owens Thompson, one of the many destitute farmers in California. In 1936, when this picture was captured, Thompson was a mother of seven children, and lived in Nipomo, California.

Publisher

Museum of Modern Art, New York

Files

201307F03-KC-MigrantMother-Photo-Portrait.jpg

Citation

Dorothea Lange, “"Migrant Mother",” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed November 23, 2024, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/3405.

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