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Resilience Amid the Worn-Out Walls; A Look at the Work "Pea Picker's Home"
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Maryam Mesforush   |
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In the heart of the 1930s, America grappled with the devastating effects of the Great Depression. It was a decade where families struggled immensely to meet their basic needs, and unemployment, hunger, and homelessness grew daily. Amid this bleak atmosphere, Dorothea Lange, a documentary photographer, embarked on a mission to capture the essence of human suffering. Her camera lens turned towards the corners of the country’s villages, where poverty was etched in the worn faces of the people and the crumbling structure of American society. During one of these journeys, Lange encountered the Pea-Pickers’ Home. This photograph, taken in Nipomo, California, is a poignant testament to the resilience of those who clung to even the slightest hope amidst life’s adversities.
This research is descriptive-analytical in method and developmental in purpose, with its sources and data collection methods being library-based. In the present study, after a look at Dorothea Lange’s life, her work “Pea-Pickers’ Home” will be analyzed based on Noël Carroll’s critique method. Then, its similarities and differences with another work from the same photo series will be examined, and finally, the hidden aspects of these two works by Dorothea Lange will be analyzed.
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| Keywords: Dorothea Lange, Pea Picker's Home, Great Depression, 1930s, Photography, Documentary Photography |
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Type of Study: Research |
Received: 2024/08/22 | Accepted: 2024/09/20 | Published: 2024/09/20
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