Friday, May 03, 2013

The Photography of Lewis Hine Helped End Child Labour In The US




The 1900 United States Census showed one in six children aged between five and ten recorded as being in gainful employment. Many of them worked in appalling conditions.
Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and photographer who used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States.

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1 comment:

  1. Lsamsa3:52 am

    It seems there is no boundary to some peoples' greed.
    To use children as cheap 'slave' labour is beyond the pale.
    The children, that Hine captured on camera, seem almost stoic.
    So very sad.
    A true hero Hine was.

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