Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Walt, If the story is available I'll get you a copy. I'd like to read it again myself. jon -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> > The Migrant Mother's reaction doesn't surprise me at all. I'm sure that > Lange and her entourage fed her and the children and even slipped her > a few dollars. Had She not been photographed that day perhaps she and > her children would have missed a few more meals. One thing is for sure, > I'd love to be able to set up photographs like that. :-) > > Walt > > jon.stanton@comcast.net wrote: > > >Several years ago there was a wonderful story about "Migrant Mother" in > >the San > Jose Metro newspaper. According to the womans surviving children and > grandchildren it was a "set-up" shot. When someone brought up the photo to > the > woman she would get very angry and say she felt exploited. A sizeable > portion of > the woman's family lives in San Jose. > > > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > >From: Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> > > > > > >>I've gone back and looked the breadline photo many times over the last > >>38 years. It is interesting to see how images can sometimes just happen > >>happen.The FSA website has quite a few different "Migrant Mother" > >>photos as well as many images by the other FSA shooters. .Another > >>photographer from the FSA period who's work I admire is Ben Shahn. After > >>the project he became much more famous as a painter and left-wing > >>activist. For some reason his work just strikes a chord with me. > >> > >>Walt > >> > >>Dave Mason wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Walt, > >>> > >>>That was the photo of the man holding a beat-up tin cup who is facing > >>>the opposite way from another group of men - yes? What an amazing > >>>image. I believe I saw an alternate version of that photo taken with a > >>>more straight-on point-of-view and the photo loses almost all the > >>>power of the original. Same with the famous "Migrant Mother" shot - > >>>there are many alternates to that one which are great to see for the > >>>photography lesson contained within. > >>> > >>> > >>>Dave > >>> > >>>Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> writes: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I recently came across a copy of /*An American Exodus*/ by Lange and > >>>>her husband. Paperback, printed in 1969 and a bit battered but a > >>>>fantastic document. Cost me all of $3.00. As far as the interment > >>>>images being dark and disturbing? At the time many Americans probably > >>>>wanted to do the same to the Japanese Americans we will shortly do to > >>>>Saddam. The internment camps were, in my opinion, completely > >>>>unjustified but sometimes truth is dark and disturbing, Lange seemed > >>>>to seek out truth as Kyle does gun nuts. She did an image I can close > >>>>my eyes and see called /*White Angel Breadline*/. Don't know if you're > >>>>familiar with it or not but well worth a look. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Dave Mason wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>http://tinyurl.com/ymw9sk > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Leica Users Group. > >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Leica Users Group. > >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information