{"id":2714,"date":"2020-05-17T14:21:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T18:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/2020\/05\/things-as-they-are\/"},"modified":"2020-05-17T14:21:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T18:21:58","slug":"things-as-they-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/2020\/05\/things-as-they-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Things As They Are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange chronicled the era for the Farm Security Administration and created one of the iconic images of that time, &quot;Migrant Mother.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>In a recent virtual presentation, MoMA curator Sarah Meister reveals that Lange displayed in her studio, the following quote from Francis Bacon:<\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>&#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160; The contemplation of things as they are<\/em><br \/><em>&#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160; without substitution or imposture<\/em><br \/><em>&#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160; without error or confusion<\/em><br \/><em>&#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160; is in itself a nobler thing<\/em><br \/><em>&#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160; than the whole harvest of invention.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/calendar\/exhibitions\/5079\">via<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpad-img-center\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/6a01156f6c1fc1970b0264e2db148b200d-800wi\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Migrant Mother LOC\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a01156f6c1fc1970b0264e2db148b200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mohonkimages.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6a01156f6c1fc1970b0264e2db148b200d-500wi.jpg\" title=\"Migrant Mother LOC\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange chronicled the era for the Farm Security Administration and created one of the iconic images of that time, &quot;Migrant Mother.&quot; 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