"The Tradition: Fact and Fiction" Robert Coles Summary

In his essay "The Tradition: Fact and Fiction" Robert Coles talks about the works of two photographers, Jane Lange and Walker Evans, examining the process they used to produce their pictures and the artistic decisions they made; the meaning they wanted to convey and the history of their photographs.
Coles places discussion on some of Lange's famous photographs. One photo, the image of the "migrant mother," depicts a poor woman and her two children, dressed in rags. The mother has a tired look on her face and the children have hidden behind her shoulders. Coles also views the other versions…