Lange's Well-Known Portrait Is Called Migrant Mother

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1. She was saying that her contracting Polio, was the most important thing that happened to her. It had some how formed her, guided her, instructed her, and humiliated her. But it was the most important thing that happened to her in her life.

2. Art and Literature were the biggest parts of her upbringing. Lange’s parents were very strong advocates in her education and exposure to creative works filled her childhood.

3. The title of Lange’s well known portrait is called “Migrant Mother”. The portrait was popular because it was a image from that era that gently captured the hardship and pain of what so many americans were experiencing. Her work now hangs in the Library of Congress.

4. I think the reason her work influenced
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In the 1930’s, the great depression came. Many people saw natural disasters as well as manmade ones. People in some states suffered through the worst drought in American history. This is probably what influenced Lange’s documentary photography, so that future people could see what really happened and what it was like to go through a Great depression.

6. a. Who did you choose and why? What do you like or dislike about this person?

I chose to write about Paul C Buff. I am choosing him because he was my grandmothers husband and he was one of the most intriguing person I ever knew. I loved that he started out life with hardly anything and managed to become very wealthy in life. I also like the fact that he was always referring himself to Einstein, he did think like him a lot.

b. Why do you think the author found it important to write a biography based on the life of this person?

I think the author chose it was important to write about Paul because of Pauls upbringing and how interesting it is to see where Paul started out and with whom he started out and where he ended up. Paul started out in the early 60’s as a studios man, a music producer and a sound engineer. His inventions made a significant contribution to surf music with his productions as well as sound and studio

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