Go to this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Owens_Thompson
Read it over then answer in complete sentences...
- What were the circumstances of the photos? (when? where? how? etc.)
- How do Dorothea (photographer) and Florence (woman pictured) offer conflicting stories?
- Whose story, Dorothea's or Florence's, do you believe and why?
- When the photos were printed in a newspaper, what positive effect did they have? (include numbers for support)
- By 1978, after Thompson had been "discovered", why was Thompson upset about the pictures?
- Do you think it was okay for Lange to take the pictures, why or why not?
- When they were "rediscovered", in what ways did the photos gain fame?
- Which image struck you the most and why?
- What was your overall reaction to this story and this article? (in other words, what sticks out in your mind)
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