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Lewis W. Hine. America at Work
Lewis W. Hine. America at Work in Bloomington, MN
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Photographer, teacher, and sociologist
Lewis W. Hine (
1874–1940) shaped our consciousness of
American working life in the early 20th century
like no other. Combining his training as an educator with his
humanist concerns
, Hine was one of the
earliest photographers to use the camera as a documentary tool
, capturing in particular labor conditions, housing, and immigrants arriving on Ellis Island. His images, including those of children in cotton mills, factories, coal mines, and fields, became
icons of photographic history
that helped to
transform labor laws
in the United States.
This book brings together a representative collection of Lewis W. Hine’s
photography from all periods of his work
. It spans his earliest forays into social-documentary work through to his more artistic and interpretative late photographs, including his phenomenal images of the construction of the
Empire State Building
and his symbiotic staging of human and machine as a comment on increasing industrialization. Alongside the
near 350 photographs
, the book includes an essay by the editor, introducing Hine’s life and pioneering work.
Lewis W. Hine (
1874–1940) shaped our consciousness of
American working life in the early 20th century
like no other. Combining his training as an educator with his
humanist concerns
, Hine was one of the
earliest photographers to use the camera as a documentary tool
, capturing in particular labor conditions, housing, and immigrants arriving on Ellis Island. His images, including those of children in cotton mills, factories, coal mines, and fields, became
icons of photographic history
that helped to
transform labor laws
in the United States.
This book brings together a representative collection of Lewis W. Hine’s
photography from all periods of his work
. It spans his earliest forays into social-documentary work through to his more artistic and interpretative late photographs, including his phenomenal images of the construction of the
Empire State Building
and his symbiotic staging of human and machine as a comment on increasing industrialization. Alongside the
near 350 photographs
, the book includes an essay by the editor, introducing Hine’s life and pioneering work.
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