Analysis of Photograph "Childress County, Texas" by Dororthea Lange

Analysis of Photograph “Childress County, Texas”

“One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you’d be stricken blind.” That was a famous quote from the photographer, Dorothea Lange. Like Ester Bubley, Dorothea Lange documented the change on the home front, especially among ethnic groups and workers uprooted by the war. Lange’s earlier work documented displaced farm families and migrant workers during the Great Depression. The federal government censored many of Lange’s photographs. Yet, her photograph “Childress County, Texas” impacted my life greatly. In this photograph, Lange captures the solitude and poor conditions of this county. Lange uses color and shapes to put across this theme, and she makes the land bigger than the house to emphasize the solitude and emptiness life of the county.
Lange’s use of color helps to put across this theme of the photograph. There is no sunshine for happiness or brightness, no trees for a relaxing shade. In...