She would let her imagination run wild and this kept her spirit alive. Many people who look back at her story today admire Anne for her strength and optimism. Anne usually felt like “the world was slowly being transformed into a wilderness”, but she never gave up hope. She believed, “that everything would change for the better and that the cruelty would end”. Her writing revealed creativity, wisdom, and depth of emotion.
While the men were away at war, women took advantage of rare occasions (open jobs men were associated to) by taking jobs as journalists the way men previously were and etc. "The war really created opportunities for women" Winona Espinosa said. It was the first time women could actually show that they were capable of doing things only men had done before. Moreover, the tough physical labor increased women's self confidence as an individual, and the income as well. These are some positives for women, however if there is a positive thing about something most likely there are going to be negatives to go along with it.
This image was particularly appealing to American viewers because most could relate to the struggle of this seemingly white American family. After Lange’s death, the Migrant Mother’s identity was discovered as Florence Thompson, who was actually part Native American. Stein really questions how this picture would be viewed if Thompson had been viewed as Native American when the photo was presented to the Farm Security Administration. Evidence suggests Lange’s boss Roy Striker would have little interest in a sympathetic photo of a Native American family; there was just not enough demand from the FSA’s target audience: white mass media (352). The bulk of this essay addresses the actual story of Florence Thompson, which I found very entertaining.
Annie Leibovitz being one of the most famous women photographers in modern history frequently explores the concepts of her personal medium. Conveying a significant amount of technique and skill Leibovitz stuns the world with her extrodinary yet unique images.She is one of the most determined photographers for celebrity pictures and became a celebrity herself that way. Annie Leibovitz has always been interested in the arts sincea very young age. In her high school years she focused on music, then dance. When starting univeristy however she took a great interest in visual artists and considered to pursue her career as an art teacher.
I think she meant that the art of her statement is what draws her crowd in and the politics of her statement is what keeps her crowd watching. The statement that she made was a valid and powerful one. But, if she had just had a group of seven woman dressed in plain street clothes standing at a podium making their statement’s followed by the group chanting “In memory of our sister’s, we fight back” the result would have been very different. Though, a crowd may have gathered, they may not have been as compelled to stay. The unique way in which Lacy portrayed her message was the art.
What you may not know about Lange is that she the one that took the most famous photographs about the Great Depression. Lange was hired by the federal government to take pictures of what was going on in farm, families and other places during the Great depression to see how they were and looked. Dorothea may know her by the famous photos that are called “Migrant Mother” and “Migratory Worker” are the best known that she took. She received the Guggenheim Fellowships which is an award that is given to those who have showed outstanding creative ability in the arts. But after Pearl Harbor Dorothea give up the Guggenheim Fellowship award so she
His photographs are important to this society because he shows us what the news channels cannot; he gives us a first hand look at how other people around the world live, specifically the poorest people. I believe he takes these photographs to show us the real struggle people live in, and to show us that we should appreciate what we have because other people have nothing. One of his most inspiring pieces was “The Afghan Girl”, the reason for this is because of the girl’s expression in her eyes. This girl has bright, green eyes that show how much she has seen in her few years of existence. Taylor Callwood analyzes the photograph and says, “the fear manifested in her eyes is still laced with defiance.” (Callwood) I agree with what he says because the expression she has, has a lot of back story to it and says a lot about her.
Lange faced the hard choice of either photographing what the government would have had her photograph, or photograph the truth of the horror she saw. Dorothea Lange was one of the most influential women photographers of her time, 1895- 1965. As a child Lange dealt with polio; which gave her a limp for the rest of her life and possibly fed into her desire to photograph some of the darker sides of what was going on in Japanese internment camps. Lange attended Columbia University studying photography. Lange did many collections; her first big one being the Native Americans in the southwest.
Eleanor was very old fashion and because of that when her husband interest in politics got serious she also brushed up on the topic so she would know and understand what was happening. This helped her understand both worlds; the world of the commoner, and the world of the politics. If Eleanor Roosevelt made one impression with her style and background she made another with her commitment to produce a universal accepted living standard. Through this she was recognized as a tireless worker. In fact many of her co-workers found this aspect of her personality less agreeable and one even went so far as to say his own rights were being violated from the lengths of the meetings.
After Eleanor became aware of the inequities for African Americans with regard to their rights, she gave it the much deserved attention it required. This article points out why Eleanor was Self-reliant because she didn’t bend to the will of the public. She gave her opinions bluntly, not worrying what the country thought about her for becoming a champion to the African Americans. Eleanor also expressed her opinions through press conferences. This was unheard of prior to her.