Cotton Pickers’ Camp, Nipomo California 1936
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"Cotton Pickers’ Camp, Nipomo California" (1936) by Dorothea Lange is a poignant photo documenting the hardship faced by migrant workers during the Great Depression. The image shows a makeshift camp, with a tent draped over a car and a family huddled inside. Lange's stark black and white composition, capturing the stark reality of poverty, highlights the social issues of the time. The image is a powerful testament to the resilience and struggles of migrant workers during the era. This photo is now located in the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands.
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A young cotton picker in the grim years of the Great Depression. Lange was originally a portrait photographer, as is clear to see. In the 1930s she recorded the working and living conditions in rural America for the Farm Security Administration. In search of work, entire families migrated throughout the country, living in tents, shacks, and automobiles.
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