Lewis Hine: Child Laborers - 50 Photographic Reproductions

Lewis Hine: Child Laborers - 50 Photographic Reproductions

LEWIS HINE Art Book contains 50 Photographic Reproductions of Child Labor on Farms and in Factories with descriptive title,date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).<br /><br />BORN: September 26, 1874 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.<br />DIED: November 3, 1940 Dobbs Ferry, New York.<br /><br />PROFESSION: Photographer and Sociologist<br /><br />INTERESTING FACTS:<br />§ Hine studied sociology at New York University, Columbia University and University of Chicago.<br />§ He became a teacher at Ethical Culture School in New York City. There, he encouraged his students to use photography as a social medium.<br />§ In 1908, he left his teaching position and became a photographer for the National Child Labor Committee.<br />§ Hines photographs showed the harsh conditions of child labor, which led to new child labor laws in the United States.<br />§ In 1930, Hine was commissioned to photograph the construction of The Empire State Building.