in the 1930's dustorms raged through central america for 8 years, destroying crops, and causing poverty, it was caused by drough, and the over work of feilds, dust storms kicked up and caused more fields to be covered in dust as the drought continued. Photography became quite a popular way of showing the Dust bowl period, and one of the most famous dust bowl photgraphers was Dorothea Lange, i will be exploring her work
For eight years dust blew on the southern plains. It came in a yellowish-brown haze from the South and in rolling walls of black from the North. The simplest acts of life — breathing, eating a meal, taking a walk — were no longer simple. Children wore dust masks to and from school, women hung wet sheets over windows in a futile attempt to stop the dirt, farmers watched helplessly as their crops blew away.
this is quite possibly the most famous dustbowl photograph, it is by Dorothea Lange, and shows a poor migrant woman, her two children, and hew newly born baby, the purpose of thes photographs was to show the plight of america at the time and to show what was being done about it, these photos generated unity in the country and spurred the FSA which stressed rural rehabilitation programs to fix the dustbowl problem
this is another photograph by Dorothea Lange, it is of the same migrant woman Forence Thompson, but from a different perspective, it showed her living situation during the poverty period, as she lived with her elderly mother and three children. This photo must have been extremely difficult to see if you weren't effected by the dust bowl, it really showed how far it had came
this is a photo of a farm that was ravished by dust storms, the crops are completely withered, and the house looks ghostly and abandoned, even the tree has been completely stripped of leaves and dried up, features of this photo became a trope of the time, such as the little wooden decrepit house, and the wind mill atop the house
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