This photograph was taken by Elliot Erwitt in North Carolina in 1950. Obviously, it is an example of the segregation that was a part of everyday life for people at the time. I think the point of this photograph is to remember. Though it was horrible time period, it shouldn't be forgotten. It does not change my reading on the photograph since I believe it was taken so that people in future generations would remember.
This is one of my favorite pieces by Andy Warhol. I think the quote speaks for itself. Obviously, he's saying that everyone should love everyone. Though it will never happen, I'd have to agree. Andy made this picture to make a point. The fact that he was making a point, along with the point he was making, does not change my reading of the photo. A point is clearly being made, and I think it is a beautifully complicated point.
This is a very famous photograph taken by Dorothea Lange. She was a documentary photographer and photojournalist, known most for her photos taken during the Great Depression. I think this photograph was taken to document history and to show just how bad the conditions were during the Depression. She didn't want people in future generations to forget this tragedy. The woman and her children are wearing dirty, ratty clothing and appear to not have bathed in a while. The woman looks discontent and her children appear to be crying. If I am correct, then it doesn't change my reading of the photograph. I still look at it the way I always have.
The Migrant Mother image was photographed by Dorothea Lange when she was working for the FSA (a branch of the US government at the time). The photograph is an attempt to both show the poverty & desperation of the time, but to show this mother as persevering. FSA photographer's were hired to show American's that FDR's New Deal legislation was working and that Americans' tax dollars were going to help improve the conditions of the time. The FSA photographs often show hardship but also hope for the future. This image especially has become an icon of the great depression.
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