The picture is best known as "Migrant Mother," a black-and-white photo taken in February or March 1936 by Dorothea Lange of Florence Owens Thompson, then 32, and her children. Lange was traveling ...

Capturing “The Migrant Mother” In March 1936, Lange was working in Nipomo, California, where she encountered Florence Owens Thompson and her children at a pea-pickers’ camp. The camp was ...

Best known for her Depression-era documentary work — including the world-renowned “Migrant Mother” — Lange brought the humanity of the poor into sharp focus. Avril Angevine is an arts aficionado, ...

Her image Migrant Mother is arguably the best-known documentary photograph of the 20th century and has become a symbol of resilience in the face of adversity. Lange's reports from the field ...

But the human story was understood visually through visceral images like “Migrant Mother,” Dorothea Lange’s era-defining photograph of a destitute, desperate farmworker and her children ...