1. The "story" here is a worried mother that is struggling to feed her family during the really hard times of The Great Depression.
2. Even though the main focus is on the mother, her children leaning on her creates a greater effect.
3. I learn how tough these times were. We have been told about The Great Depression before, but words are nothing compared to pictures.
4. This photograph has become iconic because it depicts what everyone went through during The Great Depression. It conveys the feelings of helplessness and worry.
5. This photo appeals to me the most because it shows exactly how life was during those times. It conveys exactly how Americans felt. How they felt like giving up and that their struggles would never end.
6. The photographer was trying to find shots that would depict exactly what was going on, and he got it.
7.The impact I believe would be the same whether you see it right after it was taken or 100 years from now. It is part of history and conveys what one cannot see with words. People can read about The Great Depression but it is the pictures that illustrate the struggles and hardships during the time.
8. This photograph in particular is in black and white. Our pictures now are mostly in color unless they are trying to create a different effect. Besides that there are not many differences. The composition used is the same as what we would use today. The difference between personal photography and photojournalism is that personal photography is posed and not always tells a story like photojournalism does. Even though sometimes photojournalism pictures may look posed, their purpose is to convey something and create a feeling in the viewer that is greater than what they would get from words.
9. Professional photographers tend to pay attention more on finding what composition techniques are used and the effect they create.
10. Any photo can be good. However, to make it great one has to portray emotion and show something extraordinary that would leave an impact on the viewers. Conveying emotion, telling a story through one single frame, and using strong composition techniques makes a photo great.
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