Immigrant Mother, Nipomo California 1936 Taken by Dorothea Lange This photo has been seen around the world, and is percieved by many as the epitome of despair born of the Great Depression. The story behind this photo has allways been that Dorothea Lange driving on HWY101 through Nipomo came upon an encampment of migrant farm workers busy at work on the pea harvest, she saw this woman full of ...