Dorothea Lange's series of photographs of a family during the great depression, speaks thousands of words about life and the changes people had to accept, and deal with during the depression.
The family which Dorothea photographed was living in a makeshift tent, with their few belongings that had not been sold to survive. The mother had recently sold the wheels to their car, the main means of transportation, so the family was recently restricted to travel by foot.
This mother, her face solemn and sad, had given up all she had to protect her family. She did, however, keep her wedding ring, which is seen in the pictures, prominent on her left ring finger. This mother, who was struck in one of the worst ways by the depression, lost everything. She and her children were living on the street, just barely surviving.
Dorothea Lange's photos of this family show without words, but with raw emotion and power, the poverty thrown onto the average family during this horrid time. But, they also show the willpower and perseverance to survive and persist through the troubling times our nation and many others in the world faced.
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