Lewis Hine

(American, 1874–1940)

Lewis Hine was an American photographer best known for the images he made while working for the National Child Labor Committee. Hine’s interest in photography as an educational tool prompted him to adopt the medium to expose social injustices. “Photography can light up darkness and expose ignorance,” he once said. Born Lewis Wickes Hine on September 26, 1874 in Oshkosh, WI, he studied sociology before moving to New York in 1901. He began using photography while working at the Ethical Culture School as a way to document the conditions of immigrants pouring into Ellis Island. The artist embarked on his photographs of child workers in 1909, and in order to keep what he was doing a secret from the factor owners, posed as a Bible salesman or industrial photographer. These works had an immediate effect on government policy after they were published in magazines. Hine was nearly forgotten by the 1930s, but was saved from obscurity after Berenice Abbott mounted a traveling retrospective of his work in 1939. The artist died on November 3, 1940 in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. Today, Hine’s works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., among others.

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Boys walking and carrying boards, 1910

Lewis Hine

Boys walking and carrying boards, 1910

Sale Date: June 11, 2020

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A typical glass-works boy, West Virginia, 1908

Lewis Hine

A typical glass-works boy, West Virginia, 1908

Sale Date: June 11, 2020

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Untitled, 1923

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Untitled, 1923

Sale Date: June 10, 2020

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Bearded Man and Woman with Wig and Shawl,..., 1910

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Bearded Man and Woman with Wig and Shawl,..., 1910

Sale Date: April 4, 2020

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Riveters on the Empire State Building, 1931

Lewis Hine

Riveters on the Empire State Building, 1931

Sale Date: July 13, 2020

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Tenement Workers, 1912

Lewis Hine

Tenement Workers, 1912

Sale Date: May 12, 2020

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This little spinner has been in the mill 4..., 1908

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This little spinner has been in the mill 4..., 1908

Sale Date: February 25, 2020

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Spinner in Lancaster Cotton Mills,..., 1908

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Spinner in Lancaster Cotton Mills,..., 1908

Sale Date: February 25, 2020

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Some of the young knitters in Loudon Hosiery , 1910

Lewis Hine

Some of the young knitters in Loudon Hosiery , 1910

Sale Date: February 25, 2020

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Slovak group (and others) at Ellis Island, 1906

Lewis Hine

Slovak group (and others) at Ellis Island, 1906

Sale Date: February 25, 2020

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Pawn-broker's shop in a disreputable..., 1912

Lewis Hine

Pawn-broker's shop in a disreputable..., 1912

Sale Date: February 25, 2020

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Noon Hour at Newberry, S.C, 1908

Lewis Hine

Noon Hour at Newberry, S.C, 1908

Sale Date: February 25, 2020

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Made in Alabama, National Child Labor..., 1912

Lewis Hine

Made in Alabama, National Child Labor..., 1912

Sale Date: February 25, 2020

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Freight Brakeman, New York Central (Cowboy..., 1921

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Freight Brakeman, New York Central (Cowboy..., 1921

Sale Date: February 25, 2020

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A little spinner in the Mollahan Mills,..., 1908

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A little spinner in the Mollahan Mills,..., 1908

Sale Date: February 25, 2020

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What a Friendly Place, circa 1915, 1915

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What a Friendly Place, circa 1915, 1915

Sale Date: November 2, 2019

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St. Louis Juvenile Court, May 5th, 1910, 1910

Lewis Hine

St. Louis Juvenile Court, May 5th, 1910, 1910

Sale Date: November 2, 2019

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Paris Gamin. Paris, c. 1919., 1919

Lewis Hine

Paris Gamin. Paris, c. 1919., 1919

Sale Date: November 7, 2019

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Holland Manufacturing Company. North..., 1908

Lewis Hine

Holland Manufacturing Company. North..., 1908

Sale Date: October 26, 2019

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Some of the Workers in a Packing Company,..., 1909

Lewis Hine

Some of the Workers in a Packing Company,..., 1909

Sale Date: October 16, 2019

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Oyster Shuckers

Lewis Hine

Oyster Shuckers

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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Old-time freight brakeman, N.Y. Central, 1923

Lewis Hine

Old-time freight brakeman, N.Y. Central, 1923

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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Homework

Lewis Hine

Homework

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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Greaser in a coal mine, Bessie Mine, Alabama, 1910

Lewis Hine

Greaser in a coal mine, Bessie Mine, Alabama, 1910

Sale Date: October 17, 2019

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