Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California (LOC)The thumb after retouching. Place bowl over head and cut. Very familiar with this face! I just run into this photo almost all the time. kisses she has the face of a woman 20 years her senior by today's women. Love this cuting area. See these eyes? These are the eyes of someone who has actual needs. Not just 'oh no i might lose my Corolla' or 'oh no I might have to go on unemployment'. More like 'I wonder if we will eat today'. hold ma hand Desperation! More World Bank engineered suffering. 'cept this wasn;t World Bank induced suffering. The shot was taken in a country that still has 42million people unable to easily access a helth care system. I suspect that Lange is rolling her grave at the news her shot changed nothing. bellísimo el detalle del pelo deep... Stop your intellectual I-must-save-the-world-with-my-precious-words lecturing/jerking off geeksplotion she needs a face lifting.  Lange, Dorothea, photographer.
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Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California 1936 Feb. or Mar. 1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in. Notes: Photograph shows Florence Thompson with three of her children in a photograph known as "Migrant Mother." For background information, see "Dorothea Lange's M̀igrant Mother' photographs ..." www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html Digital file made from the original nitrate negative for "Migrant Mother" (LC-USF34-009058-C). The negative was retouched in the 1930s to erase the thumb holding a tent pole in lower right hand corner. The file print made before the thumb was retouched can be seen at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b29516. Title from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. Subjects: Migrant agricultural laborers. Mothers. Poor persons. Migrants--California United States--California--San Luis Obispo County--Nipomo. Format: Nitrate negatives. Portrait photographs. Group portraits. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b29516 Call Number: LC-USF34- 009058-C Comments
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paulmcmahon The photo probably *was* used for
propaganda. Just about any
government-approved photo can be. But the
photo was not staged at all. You can read the story of how it
came about here: 
Finding location...
captainslack
says:
This is about as classic as classic gets!
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