Dorothea Lange

I see a billboard saying, "next time take the train, relax." At the same time there are two men walking along the road who can't even afford a car. I think the photographer Dorothea Lange wanted people to see how companies are still advertising things most Americans couldn't afford at the time. This photograph is telling the story of two poor men that can't afford a car. They are carrying luggage so I infer they are going somewhere they are going to stay for a while. They might be trying to find a new job. At the same time they are walking past a billboard advertising taking a train which I can also infer is to expensive for them.

Dorothea Lange, Sophia L.

This picture stands out to me because these people are walking past a sign that says "next time try the train". I think that despite this sign, they continue walking on. They look determined. If you look ahead, the road keeps going on and on. But even though they can't see the end, and they probably don't know when they are going to get there, they keep going. They have hope to get somewhere better than where they came from. In the caption, it says that they are going to Los Angeles, CA. They might look worn-out and tired, but I think they still had hope.

We see a mom and her three small children with her on a train. We infer that they are traveling somewhere far because they are on a train instead of walking or using other types of transportation. We also think that they are going somewhere or meeting someone nice or fancy because they are dressed nicely. We think Lange wanted to show people how during the great depression people were desperate and willing to go far to find a better place.

The Great Depression in a Point of View- Isabel and Meaghan

The reason why we choose this picture is because it captures a point in history that changed peoples lives forever. We know that she just sold their tent and tires in order to provide food for her family. In there situation there are trading one basic need for another.

We think Lange wanted us to know how bad the situation was during the great depression in America. When we were looking at the pictures this caught our eyes because you see two young children and there young mother trying to get shelter from a long stick and tarp.

When we looked at the picture in great detail we got very little information about the photo so we assume that this mother has a lot of children and can't provide for them. They have very little and is living on scraps.

Natural Disaster Aftermath

By Dorothea Lange

I see a forest scene where most of the trees are either on the ground or about to fall. I feel the this picture is a scene of natural disaster's aftermath. I chose this picture because it shows the power of the earth and how it can destroy anything in a matter of minutes. I think that Lange wanted us to think about all the people that would be affected by this disaster. Its telling the story of the rescuers, the victims, the victims' families, and the people who were not affected by it but still would feel sorry for them. This scene shows that nature built those trees in hundreds of years but destroyed them in seconds.

By Brandon and Woo

Dorothea Lange - Japanese soon-to-be soldiers

This picture is a picture that really speaks to me. The way it is set up makes me feel that these people are scared and nervous. These Japanese people are trying to overcome there fears soon before they go to war. Even the nurses look like they feel bad for them. They make me see in other perspectives. Everybody knows what goes on during war, but nobody knows what goes on before war. Boys go through painful vaccinations, boot camp, having to leave their families. None of us will probably ever have to experience what these boys are going through, but now, in this picture, we get an idea. Dorothea Lange shows us the power within a photo, and shows is thst these are very brave men, all lining up for fate.

ex- slave house alabama by Dorothea Lange By Mason

I chose this picture because when I saw this house I saw that it was run down and old. Then i read the notes about the picture and they said that this was a picture of an ex-slaves house. It made me think about the way that they were treated and they still are in a bad environment. I think about how they were treated like animals and now they are living in a old shack like animals. In the picture there is an old house with a person walking up to it with long grass and a dirt path. This tells me that the location of this house is in a bad area and that the person has no way to make it better so it keeps getting worse.