Lewis W. Hine
- Introduction
- Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and photographer. Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States.
- Wikidata
- Q347194
- Introduction
- Lewis W. Hines is widely recognized as the outstanding exponent of social documentary photography in America. He began taking photographs in 1904, and soon realized that the camera was in important instrument for teaching, as well as recording social conditions in America's inner city. He taught at a photographic club in 1905 and was later joined by Paul Strand. He worked for the National Child Labor Committee from 1906 to 1917, photographing children working in coalmines and factories. He traveled extensively throughout the United States documenting the social conditions of children and giving lectures on behalf of the National Child Labor Committee. He joined the Red Cross in 1918, which sent him to France. Upon his return to New York in 1919, he changed his straightforward objective style to a more interpretive approach, advertising his work as "Lewis Wickes Hine, Interpretive Photography." In 1930, Hine was given the task of photographing the construction of the Empire State Building. His images of workers on scaffolds high above the city streets are among his most famous.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Photographer
- Names
- Lewis Wickes Hine, Lewis Hine, Lewis W. Hine
- Ulan
- 500115193
Exhibitions
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Taking a Thread for a Walk
Oct 21, 2019–Jan 10, 2021
MoMA
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502: Early Photography and Film
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
Jul 29–Nov 5, 2012
MoMA
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Photography Rotation 8
May 13, 2011–Mar 12, 2012
MoMA
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Photography Collection: Rotation 6
Aug 7, 2009–Mar 22, 2010
MoMA
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Lewis W. Hine has
29 exhibitionsonline.
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Lewis W. Hine Peace, Ellis Island, New York 1905
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Lewis W. Hine Italian Family Looking for Lost Baggage, Ellis Island, New York 1905
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Lewis W. Hine Slavic Group, Ellis Island 1905
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Lewis W. Hine Albanian Woman, Ellis Island 1905
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Lewis W. Hine Bowery Mission Bread Line, 2 A.M. 1906
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Lewis W. Hine Sadie Pfeifer, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina 1908
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Lewis W. Hine Making Flowers in a Slum Home 1908
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Lewis W. Hine Homework, Artificial Flowers, New York 1908
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Lewis W. Hine Indianapolis 1908
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Lewis W. Hine Girl Worker in Carolina Cotton Mill 1908
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Lewis W. Hine Indiana Glass Works, Indiana August 1908
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Lewis W. Hine Clinton Mills, Clinton, South Carolina December 1908
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Lewis W. Hine Russian Steel Workers, Homestead, Pennsylvania 1909
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Lewis W. Hine On the Bowery, New York City 1909
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Lewis W. Hine Doffers, Willingham Cotton Mill, Macon, Georgia January 1909
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Lewis W. Hine Tampa, Florida 1909
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Lewis W. Hine King Manufacturing Co., Augusta, Georgia January 14, 1909
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Lewis W. Hine Tampa Cigar Box Factory January 1909
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Lewis W. Hine Phoenix Mill, Phoenix, Rhode Island April 1909
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Lewis W. Hine Great Falls Manufacturing Co., Somersworth, New Hampshire May 1909
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Lewis W. Hine Italian Woman, Hull House, Chicago 1910
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Lewis W. Hine Tenement Family, Chicago 1910
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Lewis W. Hine This Is as near the Ocean as This Baby Gets 1910
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Lewis W. Hine Tennessee 1910
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Lewis W. Hine Group of Nashville Newsies, Tennessee 1910
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Lewis W. Hine New England 1910
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Lewis W. Hine Meyer Slein, 12-Year-Old Newsboy, St. Louis, Missouri May 1910
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Lewis W. Hine Young Messenger, St. Louis, Missouri May 1910
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Lewis W. Hine Newsie, St. Louis, Missouri May 1910
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Lewis W. Hine John Gibson, 13-Year-Old Newsboy, Wilmington, Delaware May 1910
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Lewis W. Hine Holden-Leonard Co., Bennington, Vermont August 1910
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Lewis W. Hine Pemberton, New Jersey September 1910
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Lewis W. Hine Whitesbog, Browns Mills, New Jersey September 1910
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Lewis W. Hine Whitesbog, Browns Mills, New Jersey September 28, 1910
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Lewis W. Hine Shelby Shoe Co., Mexico, Missouri October 1910
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Lewis W. Hine Brown Shoe Factory, Moberly, Missouri October 1910
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Lewis W. Hine Hosiery Mills, Loudon, Tennessee December 1910
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Lewis W. Hine Breaker Boys in a Pennsylvania Coal Mine 1911
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Lewis W. Hine Coalbreakers, Pittston, Pennsylvania January 1911
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Lewis W. Hine Homework 1911
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Lewis W. Hine Coalbreakers, Pittston, Pennsylvania January 1911
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Lewis W. Hine Peerless Oyster Co., Bay St. Louis, Mississippi March 1911
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Lewis W. Hine Fries, Virginia May 1911
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Lewis W. Hine Alexandria, Virginia June 1911
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Lewis W. Hine Riverside Cotton Mills, Danville, Virginia June 1911
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Lewis W. Hine Danville Cigarette Factory, Danville, Virginia June 1911
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Lewis W. Hine Western Union Messenger, Norfolk, Virginia June 1911
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Lewis W. Hine Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, Maine August 1911
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