The project has significant impact on the society because documentary photography represents the reality of issues and it reflect certain events. However, "the Great Depression brought a new wave of documentary, both of rural and urban conditions" in the 1930s. (Wikipedia.com,n.d). The project includes the period of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl and World War II. Through the photograph, it shows ordeal of American including poor surroundings and workplace. It indicate a significant impact on American society and thus it brought public interest and attention.
What was the role of Migrant Mother photograph in the period or great depression and what is it nowadays?
Migrant Mother represents the mother in nowadays. In the photographs, we can see a woman who looks exhausted and worn out with kids. Those pictures was taken by Dorothea Lange. She intended to show poverty migrant mother's life during the great depression. After publishing these, many people were moved by these and the public could understand their life indirectly. Moreover, these days we also can have indirect experience by understanding their life and learning the past.
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