Photography: Compare and contrast two Depression era photographs, Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California and Margaret Bourke- White’s At the Time of the Louisville Flood.
Writing Assignment
Compare and contrast two Depression era photographs, Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California and Margaret Bourke-White’s At the Time of the Louisville Flood. Explain how they are alike, yet different. Describe how each artist’s composition emphasizes her message. Make sure to include background information on the historical context of each image, and cite your sources. (Keep in mind that race and class integral subjects in these images.)
Assignment Structure:
Paragraph 1: Introduce the topic of your essay
Paragraph 2: Describe “Mother of Nipomo Valley”
Paragraph 3: Describe “At the time of the Louisville Flood”
Paragraph 4: Compare similarities in the images
Paragraph 5: Contrast differences in the images
Paragraph 6: Concluding paragraph
Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, black and white silver gelatin print, 1936
Margaret Bourke-White’s At the Time of the Louisville Flood, black and white silver gelatin print, 1937
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/kansascity_201307F03.html
http://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/dorothea-lange-migrant-mother-nipomo-california- 1936
