The Photograph that Speaks

The photograph Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange is something that speaks so many words without saying anything at all. The first first photo is the mother holding her two children, makes makes me feel a swirl of emotion. Her face is hard and has wrinkles etched on her forehead that and looks to old for her age. Her face makes me feel desperate and haggard, she looks so tired sitting there with to babies. Her face shows how she has just enough strenght to go on. The way she is looking out makes me think of how she is lost in time just hoping on getting through the day. Her face is the number one thing that speaks to me in this photo, because there is so many emotions in on her face and in her eyes. Another thing that I see when i look at this picture is how her two small children latch on to her looking as if they will never let go, as if their mother is their saviour and she will always be there to help them through these tough times. This photo makes me feel desperate and useless because i yearn to help this poor family even though this photo was taken over eighty years ago. It also makes me respect and love my mother even more for what she has sacrificed for my well being. This photograph i a symbol of how to go on when you have reached the end of the rope, but you keep fighting because there is nothing else you can do.