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1. Lewis Hine “Photography can light up darkness and expose ignorance.” -Lewis Hine (1847-1940) By: Tarryn Nelson

2. Biography of Lewis Hine He was Born is Oshkosh Wisconsin in 1874. He Grew up in poverty. He Attended University of Chicago. He Moved to New York in 1901. In 1904 he married Sara Ann Rich.

3. Lewis Hine as a Teacher In New York he was hired to work at the Ethical Culture School which focused on teaching students how to be ethical and responsible members of society. He taught of botany which is the study of plants. He also taught nature studies.

4. Lewis Hine as a Photographer In 1908 he was hired to photographically document children who worked by the National Child Labor Committee. He committed the rest of his life to this study.

5. National Child Labor Committee. Educating children about the world of work Preventing the exploitation of children and youth in the labor market Improving the health and education opportunities for the children of the migrant farmworkers Increasing public awareness of the work done day-in and day-out on behalf of the nation's children

6. “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera.” (Lewis Hine) The “story” he was talking about involved what was going on in America that needed to be changed.

7. Immigrants on Ellis Island Lewis Hine began his first series of photographs during 1905 and focused on immigrants who were onEllis Island. From this photo you can tell he emphasized emotion in his subjects.

8. Immigrants on Ellis Island Here he hid their faces intentionally and was focusing on their body language. This is a photo Lewis Hine took of Italian immigrants, he was emphasizing they had no male figure.

9. “I wanted to show the things that had to be corrected, I wanted to show the things that had to be appreciated.” (Lewis Hine)

10. Child Laborers In 1908 he quit his job and became an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee. He continued this study for the remainder of his life. In this picture he was trying to elaborate on how young the children were, they were so small they had to climb on the machines if they needed to fix them.

11. Child Laborers This was taken at a manufacturing company, he was emphasizing the amount of work they had to do. This is a photo of a family, he was showing how whole families were forced to work.

12. The Working Class His last series was photographing the working class. From 1930 to 1931 he photographed men working on the Empire State Building. Men At Work This is a picture of a worker rebuilding the empire state building he was emphasizing how much the working class did for America.

13. The Working Class In this photo he was trying to show the relationship between man and machine. Again, he is hiding a face in this photo. He is emphasizing body language.

14. Who Influenced Lewis Hine? Lewis Hine was not influenced by a single person, but all of America. He wanted to bring about social change. Hine believed that if people could see for themselves the abuses and injustice of child labor, they would demand laws to end those evils. (kentlaw.com)

15. Who Influenced Lewis Hine In this photo he was emphasizing the young age of children that were forced to work. He emphasized through this photograph a child who wanted more than his work schedule would allow.

16. Who Did Lewis Hine Influence? He influenced America to take charge and make a change. He also influenced interest in America to understand what was going on behind closed doors.

17. Lewis Hine’s Contribution to Photography Lewis Hine lead to the development of documentary photography. Showed photographers that they could use their subjects and images to make a change.

18. Lewis Hine Changes America 1916, Congress passed the Keating-Owens Act By 1920 the number of child laborers was cut to nearly half of what it had been in 1910. “Lewis Hine made a difference in the lives of American workers and, most importantly, American children.” (Linda Clark)

19. Lewis Hine’s Photos This a photo of an immigrant Hine took. He often took pictures of the immigrants with the fence background. This picture suggests that the men had came over for work since there are no families in the picture.

20. Lewis Hine’s Photos Lewis Hine called these “the newsies.” He was emphasizing age again the youngest is 9 and the oldest is 11. These he called “the miners.” He was trying to show America how tough of work they were doing as kids.

21. Works Cited Adler, Felix. Our Mission. Ethical Culture School. 2009. Web. 2 Dec. 2010. Aviles, Luis. Lewis W. Hine. N.d. Web. 1 December 2010. Clark, Linda. Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor. Ohio, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 2 Dec. 2010. Fallis, Greg. Lewis Hine. The Sunday Salon. N.D. Web. 3 Dec. 2010.

22. Works Cited N.p. Biography Of Lewis Hine. N.d. Web. 2 Dec. 2010. N.p. Lewis Wickes Hine. N.d. Web. 3 Dec. 2010. N.p. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition .Lewis Hine.2008. Web. 2 Dec. 2010 N.p. The National Child Labor Committee. , 2010. Web. 3 Dec. 2010.

23. Photos Cited n.p. History of Photography Timeline. , n.d. Web. 2 December 2010. n.p. Lewis Hine Photography. Ellis Island, 1905. Web. 2 Dec 2010. Szlezak, Klara. The Ellis Island Experience: Through the eyes of Lewis Hine. Regensberg, Germany 2009. Web. 1 Dec. 2010.

24. Photos Cited Szlezak, Klara. The Ellis Island Experience: Through the eyes of Lewis Hine. Regensberg, Germany 2009. Web. 1 Dec. 2010. n.p. The History Place. Photographs of Lewis W. Hine, 1998-2010. Web. 1 Dec. 2010 n.p. The History Place. Photographs of Lewis W. Hine, 1998-2010. Web. 1 Dec. 2010 n.p. The History Place. Photographs of Lewis W. Hine, 1998-2010. Web. 1 Dec. 2010

25. Photos Cited Chandler, Doug. Empire Rising. N.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2010. Fallis, Greg. Lewis Hine. The Sunday Salon. N.D. Web. 3 Dec. 2010. Ruby, Paul. Ruby’s Photography. N.d. Web. 3 Dec. 2010 Fallis, Greg. Lewis Hine. The Sunday Salon. N.D. Web. 3 Dec. 2010.

26. Photos Cited 12. N.p. The History Place. Photographs of Lewis W. Hine, 1998-2010. Web. 1 Dec. 2010 13. N.p. The History Place. Photographs of Lewis W. Hine, 1998-2010. Web. 1 Dec. 2010 14. N.p. The History Place. Photographs of Lewis W. Hine, 1998-2010. Web. 1 Dec. 2010 15. Eastmon, George. Immigrants Of Ellis Island. 2000. Web. 2 Dec. 2010

27. Photos Cited 16. Eastmon, George. Immigrants Of Ellis Island. 2000. Web. 2 Dec. 2010