Discussion Questions
White Angel Breadline, San Francisco
Dorothea Lange
May 2017
Dorothea Lange, White Angel Breadline, San Francisco, 1933; collection SFMOMA, the Henry Swift Collection, gift of Florence Alston Swift; © Oakland Museum of California, the City of Oakland, gift of Paul S. Taylor
- In the story that you see, who do you think is the most important figure? What do you see that makes you think that?
- What do you think is going on just outside the frame of the picture?
- What do you think will happen next, after the scene that is depicted? What do you see that makes you say that?
- What can you tell from this work about the person who made it, or the time or place in which she lived?
- How would this work change if it was in color instead of black and white?
