Dorothy's Lange was a photographer who took famous photographs throughout the Great Depression. I chose her as one of my photographers because she shows journey in completely different way than anyone that I've seen before. She shows a journey that the poor families have to travel to find work, also it shows the journey from the how it was like to live during this time compared to the world that we live in now.
This photo shows a family travelling down a dirt track , you can tell that they're poor due to the fact that they are weRing rangy clothes and the fact that they have very few possessions. Comparing it from then to now you can see the journey through time that has occurred and the changes that have happened to get us from having to travel to find work to the world that we live in now.
A vehicle can be seen within this photo which gives the high connection to a journey. I think this photo is really very powerful as she has captured the atmosphere completely. It is black and white however I don't think that this is because of choice but what equipment she had in this time. Again there are near to no possessions tied to the car which indicates their wealth status as being rather low.
His family siting on the back of a cart shows that during this time the whole family would have to travel around together instead of just the men, to me this means that the family doesn't have a per enact home and is probably living out of the small cart that they are siting on. This photo is really powerful to me and shows a journey in a way that impacts the way I think about how people had to travel in the past.
This is a really strongly linked photo to my theme of a journey because it shows two men walking down a dirt track probably going on their way to try and find work. The board gives the photo a comical sense because obviously the men can take the train because they are too poor. I like that she included the board within the photo as it really add to the impact.
His family siting on the back of a cart shows that during this time the whole family would have to travel around together instead of just the men, to me this means that the family doesn't have a per enact home and is probably living out of the small cart that they are siting on. This photo is really powerful to me and shows a journey in a way that impacts the way I think about how people had to travel in the past.
This is a really strongly linked photo to my theme of a journey because it shows two men walking down a dirt track probably going on their way to try and find work. The board gives the photo a comical sense because obviously the men can take the train because they are too poor. I like that she included the board within the photo as it really add to the impact.
Influence-
Dorotheas photography can influence my own work through the use of a powerful message linked with the theme of journey. I think that it would be a good idea to use black and white if I were to influence her work within my own work because it add to the idea that the people in the photo has nothing not even colour.
Overall I really like the impact that Langes photography has on the theme of journey and that inspires me to add the same style to some of my own shoots.
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