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Visual Analysis Of Migrant Mother By Dorothea Lange

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Analysis of “Migrant Mother” The famous photo of the Dorothea Lange known as “Migrant Mother” has become an icon of the great depression. It is an image of mother and her three children. The photo was captured in 1936 in Nipomo, California. To analyze any piece of art is totally depending upon the reader’s perception, what the readers sees in that piece of art they can present their own views about it. The visual analysis is somehow different from textual analysis where sharp contract of viewer’s eyes takes the whole story from the portrait.
The texture of “Migrant Mother” is very tense and deep. The appearance looks very sad as the woman and her children asking for help. Obviously the woman and her children are in coarse clothing,

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