Caitlin Romanowski
Darcy Gagnon
English 101
23 January 2018
Grown Before Their Time
The monochrome portrait showcasing the girl is far too real; with her tiny hands concealed from the photographer. The child tucks one hand snugly in her apron pocket. She folds the other hand under, just above her left hip. The girl's shirt displays tattered ruffles that lay upon one shoulder and the print shows dull, faded polka dots. Likewise, her apron has no hem. The expression she wears says she possesses no extra time for this cameraman. Although she is in the first ten years of her life, the little worker holds her body as if she matured into the exhaustion of adulthood. The child stands shoeless with dirt speckling her feet. In the photo, she stands in a long hallway among the machinery where she operates her station. On the left side of the picture stands a long row of exceptionally impressive looms containing tall, narrow frames. In each frame, the observer can clearly see the hundreds of spindles of threads that the child is responsible for spinning onto bobbins. This stunning photo instantly captivates the audience with the complexity of the shot as well as the story it tells. The National Child Labor Committee hired Lewis Hine to …show more content…
Most of America did not suspect child labor existed due to laws prohibiting or limiting the employment of young people in industrial environments. To begin, Hine's first effort was to assemble evidence backing the fact that the child labor laws did not have an impact. The response provoking photos displayed society's downfalls that the self-indulgent businesses attempted to hide from the general public. The children in the photos, some as young as three, still slaved away in
Darcy Gagnon
English 101
23 January 2018
Grown Before Their Time
The monochrome portrait showcasing the girl is far too real; with her tiny hands concealed from the photographer. The child tucks one hand snugly in her apron pocket. She folds the other hand under, just above her left hip. The girl's shirt displays tattered ruffles that lay upon one shoulder and the print shows dull, faded polka dots. Likewise, her apron has no hem. The expression she wears says she possesses no extra time for this cameraman. Although she is in the first ten years of her life, the little worker holds her body as if she matured into the exhaustion of adulthood. The child stands shoeless with dirt speckling her feet. In the photo, she stands in a long hallway among the machinery where she operates her station. On the left side of the picture stands a long row of exceptionally impressive looms containing tall, narrow frames. In each frame, the observer can clearly see the hundreds of spindles of threads that the child is responsible for spinning onto bobbins. This stunning photo instantly captivates the audience with the complexity of the shot as well as the story it tells. The National Child Labor Committee hired Lewis Hine to …show more content…
Most of America did not suspect child labor existed due to laws prohibiting or limiting the employment of young people in industrial environments. To begin, Hine's first effort was to assemble evidence backing the fact that the child labor laws did not have an impact. The response provoking photos displayed society's downfalls that the self-indulgent businesses attempted to hide from the general public. The children in the photos, some as young as three, still slaved away in