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Migrant Daughter: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 10:24am.
November 1936. "Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River camp near Sacramento, California." View full size. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration.
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Oh, women...
Submitted by constance on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 9:30am.
All that hard work and she still found the time to wave her hair. Don't think I'm smack talking - I'm on here waiting for my flatiron to heat up!
Ruby
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 11:39am.
The Oakland museum of photography has other photos of this girl, one of which is "Ruby from Arkansas."
Breathtaking
Submitted by Nix on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 7:35am.
Her beauty, the pathos, the stories it makes you wonder about in your head -- I might actually like this one more than "Migrant Mother." Devotion to her father? Trapped by duty? Lost sweetheart? Dreams of running away? Dreams already fading? Incredible photograph. Lange was a master of the character study, wasn't she.
A true beauty
Submitted by Laura on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 7:58pm.
Those young hands appear to have known hard work, and that right there is the look of lost love, if you ask me.
T.G.O.W.
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 2:47pm.
It's like seeing Rosasharn from Grapes of Wrath.
Wow ...
Submitted by LocktownDog on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 1:45pm.
I can't imagine what's going through her mind ... but she is absolutely beautiful.
Lange
Submitted by RV Droz on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 1:33pm.
I am amazed how Dorothea Lange continually found beauty in pathos.
It's in the eyes
Submitted by areaeleven on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 12:29pm.
Fantastic. I wonder where her mind is. The crease where her hand meets her forehead shows just how heavy her head, and perhaps her heart, is.
I like how she has her left elbow resting on her right wrist draped over her knee. When you have a bony elbow (like I do) it makes those long introspections slightly more comfortable.
Ms Lange sure knew how to capture a moment. Another outstanding photo in a wonderful repertoire.
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