This image by Dorothea Lang does not glamorize an era but rather laments one. The image depicts a migrant worker during the Great Depression with her two children. The intensity of the woman's expression grabs your eye. Her face is one of apprehension concerning the future mixed with present suffering, yet also exhibits strength. The clothing she is wearing shows her poverty and I just noticed the baby in her arms for the first time.
This photo of James Van Der Zee glamorizes the Harlem Renaissance by showing a regal image of a 'moses type' character in a glamorous setting, reading what looks like a Bible. I like the image because it looks almost timeless or ancient and somewhat otherworldly. I would like to talk to this man and hear what he had to say. It causes me to esteem the Renaissance as a period of wealth and learning, a time similar to the 'age of Solomon,' a Biblical king who possessed the greatest wisdom of any man who has ever lived. This man could also represent a Solomon of sorts.
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