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Roughly how long did Dorothea Lange spend photographing the woman who became the subject of 'Migrant Mother'?
Answer
Under ten minutes
By Lange's own account, the entire encounter with the migrant woman and her children lasted less than ten minutes, yet it produced one of the most reproduced images in photographic history.
💡 Did you know?
Dorothea Lange's most iconic Depression-era photograph was taken in under ten minutes, and she never learned the migrant woman's name.
Other options people guess
- About one hour
- Several hours
- An entire day
Topics
- photography
- great-depression
- documentary
- history
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