He called. She answered. He was her only sibling. He’d paid to have someone deliver her citrus so that she could avoid scurvy ...

A fantastical new novel from Karen Russell turns the whispered secrets of a Dust Bowl town into a bold metaphor for repressed ...

The identity of the “Woman of the High Plains” was revealed in 1979—but five years later, Nettie Featherston was forgotten ...

Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother Documentary photography: A journey from truth to interpretation in visual storytelling ...

The Migrant Mother,” a photograph taken by Dorothea Lange in 1936, remains one of the most enduring images of the Great Depression in the United States. This poignant image has become a symbol of the ...

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.

To the editor: Your article and photos showing the reality of children and their parents living on Skid Row is reminiscent of the most iconic photograph taken in 1936 by Dorothea Lange, titled ...

In Dorothea Lange: Seeing People an exhibition at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the photographer shows the desolation of those days. Migrant Mother, her best-known picture, from 1936, is a ...

In Dorothea Lange: Seeing People an exhibition at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the photographer shows the desolation of those days. Migrant Mother, her best-known picture, from 1936 ...

Nearly 100 years ago, Lange chronicled the destitution and desperation of The Great Depression. An exhibition of her work at the National Gallery of Art speaks to the present day migrant crisis.