Historic tragedies can produce timeless images - images that define those tragedies and explain their scope. That is something Harvard University professor Sarah Elizabeth Lewis used to talk about with one of her mentors. His name was Maurice Berger, a cultural historian. And he died in March of heart failure. His husband said he had been suffering for days with coronavirus symptoms. Here's Sarah Elizabeth Lewis.
LEWIS: Think about the image taken right after the Great Depression that we refer to as"Migrant Mother," taken by Dorothea Lange.LEWIS: Yes. And the fact that you can speaks to how long-lasting its impact has remained. You know, this is an image that was taken by a photographer hired by the government - the Farm Security Administration - to show to the nation what the conditions were actually like.
CHANG: Well, in the images that you've seen so far during the coronavirus pandemic, is there any one that has stood out to you, any images you think have effectively conveyed the monumental loss of this pandemic, at least to some degree?
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