Orbiting stones. I couldn’t read the driftwood, but clearly the stones that comprise the beach were studying Newtonian physics.

@cliffordbeshers Awesome photos! You're inspiring me to look around more and actually "see" what I'm looking at, then try to capture it in a photo. Keep it up!

@cliffordbeshers Great quote! I think the “Migrant Mother” looks like a photo model, although I’m sure she wasn’t.

@odd As I recall, the mother and children were in trouble, like most in the dust bowl. But the photo wasn’t precisely candid. Lange had them pose and took several versions of the shot. All of which seems unremarkable to me. A good reporter selects the story to publish, why not a photographer? If people assume a photo is a candid, they seem to get angry if it turns put not to be.

@cliffordbeshers Indeed it does! And here's the interview in which she verbalized that astute observation: www.sfmoma.org/watch/dor... Seeing examples of Ms. Lange's work brings back memories of the stories my family told about their lives in the Dust Bowl during The Great Depression. My parents' experiences during that period shaped how they raised me even though I didn't come on the scene until well afterward. Admittedly, I am still influenced by the "Depression mentality" they transferred to me. And I want to believe that most of it is practical and based on common sense, although near-hoarding might not be all that useful. But that's another story ;-)