Jessica Q. Chen
Writer, editor and multimedia journalist

“A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.”
–Dorothea Lange
On NPR today was an interview with Linda Gordon, author of “Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits.”  On Lange’s iconic portrait of the Great Depression, “Migrant Mother,” Gordon says this:
“…that’s really part of what Lange’s genius was about: That she could [...]

It’s one thing to understand the expressions of individuals; it’s another to decipher the tone of an entire nation.  America as a country has gone through a gamut of emotions, particularly in the last decade.  From 9/11 to President Obama’s election, the  public has experienced fear, hope and all the emotions in between.  Click below [...]