Lewis Hine didn’t consider his job as taking pictures; it was “detective work.” Sometimes gaining access with ruse and ...

Between 1904 and 1926, the American photographer Lewis Hine (1874–1940) photographed countless newcomers at the Ellis Island Immigration Station in New York Harbor. While there, he trained his lens on ...

Art Photographer as Advocate: Lewis Hine’s America Odds are that when you close your eyes and imagine the huddled masses at Ellis Island, or brawny men at derricks hoisting iron bars to the top of the ...

This summer, the National Gallery of Art unveils one of the most compelling photography exhibitions of 2026: Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography. Following a highly successful ...

“Soulmaker: The Times of Lewis Hine” is an exhibition and newly released book by Stanford arts and humanities professor Alexander Nemerov, on view at the Cantor Arts Center. The exhibit follows the ...

ewis Hine is widely regarded as the founder of documentary photography. For decades, Hine used his camera to provide a visual representation of some of America’s most pressing social issues. His ...

WEBVTT FRIT HE DID GO ONLINE TO SEE WHAT HE HIMSELF LOOKED LIKE. OF COURSE I KNEW HIS WORK. HIS IMAGES ARE THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE NATION. DIANE’S REEKING OF LEWIS HINE. -- I AM SPEAKING OF LEWIS ...

We need him now more than ever … or at least someone like him. A champion of social reform, photographer Lewis Hine (1874-1940), armed with only a camera, became a weapon of truth in uncovering the ...

Lewis Hine’s gripping early 20th century images of American children working at grueling jobs — in coal mines, textile mills, factories and cotton fields — have become emblematic of photography’s ...

There was a time when newspaper boys delivered the afternoon paper on their bicycles after school or, in urban areas, waved the latest edition crying out a sensational headline. The plight of these ...

On September 26, 151 years ago, Lewis Hine was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He was a teacher who became a pioneering photographer, defending children’s right to education by denouncing child labour ...