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... 1936. This picture is entitled, "Ditched, Stalled, and Stranded," and was taken in the San Joaquin Valley of California in 1935. This study of the human condition has to speak to you. In totality is just a picture of a guy in his vehicle. However, when you look at how the man fills the frame with his presence and the blank look of desperation on his face you begin to feel the genius of Dorthea Lange. Notice the raggedy top of the vehicle along with the simple coarseness of the clothing and the rough skin on this man's hands and you feel the impact of this simple but powerful human study. Three months after the attack of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, President Roosevelt ordered the Japanese population of the United States relocated into armed camps in the western United States. This process began one of the least proud moments in American ...