Madre migrante durante la Gran Depresión en Nipomo, California, 1936 / Migrant mother during the Great Depression in Nipomo, California, 1936.

            Fotografía: Dorotea Lange / Wikimedia Commons / Libray of Congress.

La fotografía que se conoce como "Madre migrante" es una de una serie de fotografías que Dorothea Lange hizo de Florence Owens Thompson y sus hijos en marzo de 1936 en Nipomo, California. Lange estaba concluyendo un viaje de un mes fotografiando mano de obra agrícola migratoria en todo el estado para lo que entonces era la Administración de Reasentamiento. 

Florence Michel Owens Thompson (Territorio Indio Cheroqui, Estados Unidos; 1 de septiembre de 1903-Scotts Valley, California; 16 de septiembre de 1983) es la protagonista de esta fotografía icónica de la Gran Depresión.

La imagen, tomada por Dorotea Lange en 1936, se encuentra en la Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos bajo el título: Desposeídos cosechadores en California. Era madre de siete hijos y tenía 32 años. Nipomo, California. 

Dorotea Lange tomó una serie de cinco fotografías. En 1960, Lange relató este testimonio de su experiencia:

"Vi y me acerqué a la madre hambrienta y desesperada, como atraída por un imán. No recuerdo cómo le expliqué mi presencia o mi cámara, pero sí recuerdo que no me hizo preguntas. Hice cinco exposiciones, trabajando cada vez más cerca desde la misma dirección. No le pregunté su nombre ni su historia. Me dijo su edad, que tenía treinta y dos años. Ella dijo que habían estado viviendo de verduras congeladas de los campos circundantes y pájaros que los niños mataron. Acababa de vender las llantas de su auto para comprar comida. Allí se sentó en esa tienda inclinada con sus hijos acurrucados a su alrededor, y parecía saber que mis fotos podrían ayudarla, y así me ayudó. Había una especie de igualdad al respecto." 

(De: Lange's "The Assignment I'll Never Forget: Migrant Mother", Popular Photography, febrero de 1960).

The photograph that is known as "Migrant Mother" is one of a series of photographs Dorothea Lange took of Florence Owens Thompson and her children in March 1936 in Nipomo, California. Lange was concluding a month-long trip photographing migrant farm labor throughout the state for what was then the Resettlement Administration. 

Florence Michel Owens Thompson (Cherokee Indian Territory, United States; September 1, 1903-Scotts Valley, California; September 16, 1983) is the subject of this iconic photograph of the Great Depression.

The image, taken by Dorotea Lange in 1936, is housed in the Library of Congress under the caption: Dispossessed Harvesters in California. She was the mother of seven children and was 32 years old. Nipomo, California. 

Dorotea Lange took a series of five photographs. In 1960, Lange related this account of her experience:

"I saw and approached the hungry and desperate mother, as if drawn by a magnet. I do not remember how I explained my presence or my camera to her, but I do remember she asked me no questions. I made five exposures, working closer and closer from the same direction. I did not ask her name or her history. She told me her age, that she was thirty-two. She said that they had been living on frozen vegetables from the surrounding fields, and birds that the children killed. She had just sold the tires from her car to buy food. There she sat in that lean- to tent with her children huddled around her, and seemed to know that my pictures might help her, and so she helped me. There was a sort of equality about it." 

(From: Lange's "The Assignment I'll Never Forget: Migrant Mother," Popular Photography, Feb. 1960).

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Taken on: July 28, 2023

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