Dorothea Lange: The Photojournalist Woman

Dorothea Lange: The photojournalist woman

Introduction

Of journalistic gender. "The migrant woman", carried out in 1936 in the United States by the documentary photojournalist, known above all for her work the "Great Depression" for the Agricultural Security Administration Office, Dorothea Lange. Her transparency when representing the terrible consequences of the great depression made her the most prominent of the time. Photography is one of the most memorable images in history. In the United States Congress Library is one of the most requested photographs of your collection and is considered one of the most important country representations that are preserved.

Developing

Dorothea Lange captured a mother who protects, despite suffering and loneliness, her children. The strength of his gaze can be seen as a heroic symbol. Being a government official photograph, it managed the sending of large amounts of food to feed the peasant community in Nipolo. The photograph is taken in black and white and taken with a Leica brand camera, it is a portrait whose format is 24.2x 19.2 cm and 50mm framing. The scene represents one as a mother surrounded by her three children. His wrinkled face following the concern and his lost look in infinity. The first center we perceive in these photographs is the face of "the migrant woman".

Because it coincides with the most illuminated part of the scene. His worried face acts as a center of interest even though his gaze is lost in the direction outside the field.

Imaginary lines that we form thanks to the figures of the three children frame their mother’s face. They create a triangle that projects us directly to the woman’s character. Straight lines dominate curves. The arms, the vertices that form the elbows, the wrinkles of the forehead and the neck of the woman’s shirt are some of the objects that determine geometric shapes in the image.

conclusion

In the image, defined reliefs are created thanks to the mother’s face and the clothes used by the four characters. It is a gray scale that create the small depths of photography. Although it is a black and white photograph we can note that the light is natural. We can affirm that it is the solar focus of the afternoon due to the softness of the light. The light impacts from the right side and this causes shadow in the elements located in the upper left margin, which makes the contour of the mother’s face be perfectly outlined.