Lewis Hine was an integral contributor to social photography during the early-1900s with child labor and immigration growing radically after the Civil War ended (“Teaching with Documents”). These two subject pools, child laborers and immigrants, piqued Lewis Hine’s interest when he began his photography career. Prior to pursuing photography, Hine was a teacher in New York City with a degree in sociology from the University of Chicago and the Columbia School of Social Work in New York (Johnson). While teaching, he was approached by his school’s director to think about learning photography in order to document school events and add it to curriculum. Clearly, this piece of advice stuck with Hine and he ended up becoming a phenomenal photographer.
Hine is most credited with blowing the whistle on the injustices and dangers of child labor in America. He also heavily …show more content…
She is posed standing with a neutral expression upon her face and arms lain along the corridor where it can be assumed she works. The caption Hine included with the photograph informs the audience that she is unaware of her age, but she knows that she is too young to be working. This caption drives the audience to understand the injustices against children being forced to work in order to make ends meet. Hine’s goal of earning support from the country to fight child labor came through his impeccable ability to capture this punishment and through his ability to phrase important information about the situation in his captions. Aside from trying to gain support from America’s citizens, Hine produced amazing images that many photographers idolize today. His photographs were clear and spoke true to his subject. His style of using film to record his photographs made reproduction simple. Hine truly led the movement of social reform photography and set the stage for numerous other reform facets such as
Hine is most credited with blowing the whistle on the injustices and dangers of child labor in America. He also heavily …show more content…
She is posed standing with a neutral expression upon her face and arms lain along the corridor where it can be assumed she works. The caption Hine included with the photograph informs the audience that she is unaware of her age, but she knows that she is too young to be working. This caption drives the audience to understand the injustices against children being forced to work in order to make ends meet. Hine’s goal of earning support from the country to fight child labor came through his impeccable ability to capture this punishment and through his ability to phrase important information about the situation in his captions. Aside from trying to gain support from America’s citizens, Hine produced amazing images that many photographers idolize today. His photographs were clear and spoke true to his subject. His style of using film to record his photographs made reproduction simple. Hine truly led the movement of social reform photography and set the stage for numerous other reform facets such as