Yisiphi isithombe esaziwa kakhulu sikaDorothea Lange
Context:Ukuphathwa Kokuthutha  Isithombe sikaLange sika-1936 sikaFlorence Owens Thompson, Umama Ongumfuduki  "Ukuqothuka, ingane egulayo, nezinkinga zemoto!" (1937) ULange noDixon bahlukanisa ngo-Okthoba 28, 1935 futhi ngoDisemba 6 washada nosomnotho uPaul Schuster Taylor, uprofesa wezomnotho e-University of California, eBerkeley. Eminyakeni emihlanu eyalandela bahamba ogwini lwaseCalifornia nasentshonalanga emaphakathi. Kuwo wonke lo mkhankaso wabo babhala ngobumpofu basemaphandleni, ikakhulukazi ukuhlukunyezwa kwabalimi abalima izingxenye ezithile zensimu nezisebenzi eziyizihambi. UTaylor wayexoxisana nabantu futhi eqoqa imininingwane yezomnotho kuyilapho uLange ekhiqiza izithombe kanye nemininingwane ehambisana nazo. Babehlala futhi besebenza eBerkeley ukuphila kwakhe konke.  Esebenzela i-Resettlement Administration kanye ne-Farm Security Administration, izithombe zikaLange zaletha ukunakwa komphakathi ngesimo esibucayi sabampofu futhi abakhohliwe - ikakhulukazi ama-sharecroppers, imindeni yamafama adingisiwe, kanye nabasebenzi bokufika. Umsebenzi kaLange wasakazwa emaphephandabeni ezweni lonke, futhi lezi zithombe ezihlabayo zaba izimpawu zesikhathi.  Omunye wemisebenzi kaLange eyaziwa kakhulu yi-Migrant Mother, eyanyatheliswa ngo-1936. Owesifazane osesithombeni nguFlorence Owens Thompson. Ngo-1960, uLange wakhuluma ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe ngokuthatha isithombe:  "Ngabona futhi ngasondela kunina owayelambile futhi edangele, njengokungathi ngangidonswe uzibuthe. Angikhumbuli ukuthi ngamchazela kanjani ukuba khona kwami noma ikhamera yami, kodwa ngiyakhumbula ukuthi akazange angibuze imibuzo. Ngenza ukuchayeka okuyisihlanu, ngisebenza eduze nangaseduze ngisuka ohlangothini olufanayo. Angizange ngimbuze igama lakhe noma umlando wakhe. Wangitshela ukuthi uneminyaka emingaki, ukuthi uneminyaka engamashumi amathathu nambili. Wathi bebelokhu bephila ngemifino eqandisiwe evela emasimini aseduze, nangezinyoni izingane ezazizibulala. Wayesanda kuthengisa amathayi emoto yakhe ukuze athenge ukudla. Wayehlezi kulelo tende elincike kuye nezingane zakhe zimzungezile, futhi kubonakala sengathi wayazi ukuthi izithombe zami zingase zimsize, ngakho wangisiza. Kwakukhona uhlobo oluthile lokulingana".  ULange wabika izimo zasekamu kumhleli wephephandaba laseSan Francisco, wambonisa izithombe zakhe. Umhleli wazisa iziphathimandla zikahulumeni futhi wanyathelisa isihloko esasihlanganisa ezinye zezithombe. Ngenxa yalokho, uhulumeni waphuthuma ukuyosiza ekamu ukuze kugwenywe indlala.  Ngokusho kwendodana kaThompson, nakuba uLange ayenze amaphutha ngemininingwane ethile yalendaba, umthelela wesithombe wavela esithombeni esiveza kokubili amandla nezidingo zabasebenzi abafudukayo. Izithombe ezingu-22 zikaLange ezazenzelwe i-FSA zafakwa encwadini kaJohn Steinbeck ethi The Harvest Gypsies lapho iqala ukushicilelwa ngo-1936 kuyi-San Francisco News. Ngokombhalo womthwebuli wezithombe uMartha Rosler, i-Migrant Mother yaba isithombe esakhiqizwa kakhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni.
Isithombe esidume kunazo zonke esithathwe uDorothea Lange sithi "umama ongumfuduki" lapho kuboniswa khona owesifazane nengane yakhe phakathi nokuwohloka okukhulu komnotho. Lesi sithombe sifanekisela ukuhlupheka kwabantu baseMelika ngaleso sikhathi ngemva kweminyaka yesivuno esibi okwaholela enkingeni yezomnotho ka-1929 nasekuwohlokeni komnotho maphakathi nawo-1930.