Unraveling the Mysteries of Dorothea Lange’s ‘Migrant Mother’

The history behind Ms. Lange’s photograph of Florence Owens Thompson has intrigued academics and photographers for decades. But a new book sheds fresh light on the portrait’s little-explored details.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/lens/dorothea-lange-migrant-mother.html

The history behind Ms. Lange’s photograph of Florence Owens Thompson has intrigued academics and photographers for decades. But a new book sheds fresh light on the portrait’s little-explored details.