Labor Day Commemoration: Lewis Wickes Hine, Photographer

Lewis W. Hine, American, 1874–1940

Adolescent Girl, a Spinner, in a Carolina Cotton Mil

 "Glassworks. Midnight. Location: Indiana."

Here is an article on Lewis Wickes Hine, a photographer who documented the Labor Movement in the US. in its beginnings, 100 years ago.

"Lewis Hine was trained to be an educator in Chicago and New York. A project photographing on Ellis Island with students from the Ethical Culture School in New York galvanized his recognition of the value of documentary photography in education. Soon after, he became a sociological photographer, establishing a studio in upstate New York in 1912. "

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1566/lewis-w-hine-american-1874-1940/

Lewis Hine, 1920. Power house mechanic working on steam pump.

Here is Hine's biography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hine