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Analysis Of Dorothea Lange's Photograph 'Damaged Child'

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Dorothea Lange’s photograph “Damaged Child” depicts that children were greatly affected mentally and physically during the trying times of the great depression. The photograph shows a migrant workers child standing in front of what seems to be an old shack in Elm Grove, Oklahoma in 1936. The girl’s eyes are dark and lack the energy and playfulness that a child’s eyes should have. You can see a portion of her tattered and dirty shirt which appears to have been mended several times. Her body is weak and pale due to malnourishment. Her arms are lacking the definition that a healthy child would have. She stands with a hard expression with no trace of happiness on her dirty, sunken in face. This photograph shows the toll the great depression had
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