4. Dorothea Lange
Born: Hoboken, New Jersey on May 26, 1895
Studied photography in NYC
Documented the lives of rich people
Switched to Documentary style when she joined the
Resettlement Administration in 1935
8. Migrant Mother Information
Subject: Florence Owens Thompson
Taken: March, 1936 in Nipoma, California
Age: 32 years old
Florence had seven children. She was surviving on
frozen vegetables from the surrounding fields and
birds that her children had killed with stones.
9. Sources
1) Children of Oklahoma-
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8b31646/
2) Migrant Mother-
http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/2007/03/21/migr
ant-mother-1936/
10. Sources
1) Children of Oklahoma-
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8b31646/
2) Migrant Mother-
http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/2007/03/21/migr
ant-mother-1936/
12. Early Years
• Frank was born in a wealthy Jewish family in
Zurich, Switzerland.
• Rosa, his Mom was Swiss, Hermann, his
father, had become “stateless” after World War
II and had to apply for the Swiss citizenship.
• The threat of Nazism affected Frank’s
understanding of oppression.
• Frank turned to photography as a means to
escape the confines of his business-oriented
family and home.
13. Career Years
• Frank was initially optimistic about
United States society and culture.
However Frank's perspective
changed as he witnessed the fast
pace of American life and saw the
overemphasis on money.
• Frank’s true thoughts of America
was that the people were Bleak and
Lonely.
14. Career Years
• In 1953, Frank began to work as
freelancer photo journalist for
magazines including
McCall’s, Vogue, and Fortune.
• In 1958, he released the
Photographic book, The
Americans, which was Frank’s
most important work.
19. Frank’s View of the
World
Frank photographed both
the bright side of life and
the dark side of the “50’s”
with regard to class and
racial differences.
21. Frank’s View of the
World - Artistic
Robert Frank, “Lines of my Hand” 1972
22. What sets Frank apart….
Frank photographed things
that had never been
photographed before, and
didn’t care about what other
people thought about it. He
did what he was passionate
about.
24. Early Days
George Bellows was born in
Columbus. He attended
Ohio State University from
1901 to 1904 as a two sport
athlete; baseball and
basketball.
25. Early Days
George Bellows dropped
out one year before
graduation to move to New
York to study Art – to draw
and paint.
29. Career Years
George Bellows became a
professor at the first modern
art school in New York. And
in 1919, he moved to Chicago
to teach at the Chicago
Institute of Arts.
30. What sets George apart….
“The ideal artist is he who
knows everything, feels
everything, experiences
everything, and contains his
experience in a spirit of
wonder and feeds upon it with
creative lust.”
George Bellows
