Migrant Mother

Among many interesting facts about the Migrant Mother by Lange, I found the fact that she became such an iconic image in history. She opitimized the Great Depression at the time. Also what was interesting that since it was during the Great Depression because she thought she was going to get help by posing for the photo but it was not until years later, when she was in California, that she was recognized as being the woman in the photo. As reading this reading I couldn't help but think of the Che Guivera image from Cuba. Many knew what his face was but not what he stood for. That applies to the Migrant Woman as well, she became such an iconic image that she was recreated in many different ways for other countries. Im sure we've all seen this image before we've studied it but did not know the meaning behind it, which many people have the same thought. Lange took an image that meant to represent a mother and the hard life on the road but turned into such an iconic image that represented the Great Depression and an entire era which is incredible by one photograph.