There is something striking about this photo. A true representation of the trials faced during the great depression, only thirty and wrinkles around her face. Her children cling to her as she sits and waits, staring off into the distance I can’t help but wonder what she is thinking. After viewing a series of these photographs of the area and the conditions in which this woman and her family were subject to, I felt emotionally drained at the sight of a tent in the middle of a deserted-desert-like field. What is she thinking would be the most appropriate question to ask? There is obviously a certain display of distress on her face.

This photo has impacted not only during the Great Depression, but it could almost represent the poverty that still exists in American society today. Visually, Lange has captured the struggles of the impoverished population who sit and wait for a miracle.