Harrowing a 2,000 acre wheat field which is allowed to fallow alternate years. Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, California  1937

This is Dorothea Lange's photograph of a wheat field in Antelope Valley, California. It pictures the harrowing of the land. Think about Lange out there with her camera. Did she feel small in the vastness of the landscape? Did she consider the human impact on this huge piece of land? This photo has a quiet but strong tone that feels like a statement. It really makes you think about land, agriculture, and the human role in farming. It reminds me of other documentary photographers, and even landscape painters, who explore similar themes of nature, industry, and the relationship between humans and their environment. Artists are always looking at what others do, aren’t they? Making something new from old ideas. It feels like this image opens up a space to consider what it means to live and work on the land. There's a stillness here, but also a sense of something about to happen.