"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...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." -Photographer Dorothea Lange on making "Migrant Mother." A 1950s print of the iconic image goes up for auction later this month. + read more | | |
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