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Lewis W. Hine

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Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840�1985

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Portrait Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

About

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Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and muckraker photographer. His photographs taken during times such as the Progressive Era and the Great Depression captured young children working in harsh conditions, playing a role in bringing about the passage of the first child labor laws in the United States.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (13)

Icarus, Empire State Building

1930 · Gelatin silver print

9.1 x 11.5 cm (3 9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Morning Attendance at the Mill School, Huntsville, Alabama

1913 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 4 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (11.3 × 16.4 cm) Sheet: 4 15/16 × 6 15/16 in. (12.5 × 17.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dannie Mercurio, 150 Schottes Alley, Washington D.C.

Dannie Mercurio, 150 Schottes Alley, Washington D.C.

1912 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.1 × 12 cm (6 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.); Paper: 17.6 × 12.6 cm (6 15/16 × 5 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

11:00 A.M. Monday, May 9th, 1910. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, Jefferson near Franklin. They were all smoking. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

1910 · Gelatin silver print

9.1 x 11.9 cm (3 9/16 x 4 11/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Addie Card, 12 years. Spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill. Girls in mill say she is ten years. She admitted to me she was twelve; that she started during school vacation and now would "stay". Location: Vermont

1910 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.4 x 19.3 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.) Sheet: 25.4 x 20.4 cm (10 x 8 1/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Italian Family, Chicago

Italian Family, Chicago

1910 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 11.6 × 17 cm (4 5/8 × 6 3/4 in.); Paper: 12.7 × 17.8 cm (5 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago Slums

1910 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 11.7 × 16.4 cm (4 5/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Playground in a Mill Village (Playground in a Tenement Alley), Boston

Playground in a Mill Village (Playground in a Tenement Alley), Boston

1909 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 12.3 × 17.2 cm (4 7/8 × 6 13/16 in.); Paper: 12.7 × 17.8 cm (5 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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