Migrant Mother – Eleftherios Letsios

In the context of the time period of this photograph of the Migrant mother, it can be safe to assume that she has been worn down through years of economic hardship. The mother’s features are rough and hewn with wrinkles to accentuate the idea of how difficult it was to live through this era of economic struggle in the US. Note that her children are turned inward, their faces buried into their mother. She acts as a rock to them, a safe place where the worries of the present can be forgotten. Although the focus of the children is on their mother, her gaze is distant and off frame. It implies that she is lost in thought, and her furrowed brows  and slight frown give away that it probably is not positive.