Dorothea Lange

The Great Depression affected the whole United States. Many Americans wrote to the President and the first lady during the Great Depression to describe what they needed. Also America was shifting from an economy built around heavy industry to a nation dependent on consumerism which was volatile. The stock market crash and Black Tuesday made the economy horrible, however president Franklin Roosevelt's New deal and the help of the Farm Security Administration things would change. Americans wrote…

The spectator should think and question art. Realistic events and true stories are a key factor in art, Allison claims. When Allison described a black-and white photograph she had seen by Dorothea Lange and Wright Morris, she had stated that they puzzled her, not due to their content, rather the meaning they had. The images were both realistic events. The viewer of the photographs receives an emotion of mystery or difficult times. This photograph…

Final Draft of Writing Assignment: Arguing about Art Scientifically, humans have five senses: hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch; adding on intuition as the sixth sense according to today’s Psychology (What are the six senses?). An image or music that triggers these senses of ours is my interpretation of art. Arts comes many different forms: paintings, murals, photographs, dances, fashions to food decorations. A work of art provokes thoughts and evokes emotions like sentimental…

Canada’s government during the Great Depression was a parliamentary democracy. Their system of government states that law is the supreme authority. Their constitution act of 1867 is the basis of their written constitution and it states that there shall only be one parliament consisting of three essential elements which are the Crown, the Senate, and the House of Commons. The process for law making in Canada is through one federal, ten provincial and three territorial governments. Enacting laws…

we exist, so that way when we pass on there will be something to remember us by. Photography is a way to look back on our life and to see what we have made of it. “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” -Dorothea Lange. PHOTOGRAPHY WAS FIRST USED AS A TOOL TO AID WITH ART, AND OVER THE YEARS NEW INVENTIONS HAVE MADE PHOTOGRAPHY INTO ITS VERY OWN ART FORM. The beginning of photography dates back as far as before 330 BC, and at that time, I’m sure that they…

Before I joined this course my main focus was video editing. To begin with, I learnt the basics of Photography, i.e the rule of thirds and focusing. I then started to take photos in my spare time to practice using those methods. We got given our assignment the following week, I started to think up ideas for my project. I originally looked at photographing cars after a finding a few photographers I like. In terms of class work we looked at more background knowledge of photography as well as…