Masterpiece Moment: Migrant Mother - The Face of the Great Depression

Masterpiece Moment: Migrant Mother

Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother became one of the defining images of the Great Depression — a photograph of poverty, endurance, and uneasy compassion. But behind the symbol was Florence Owens Thompson, a real woman whose life was far more complex than the image America came to know.

In this episode, we look at how one photograph shaped public memory, what it reveals about documentary photography, and what happens when a person becomes an icon.

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