Girl Carrying Homework thro Greenwich Village, Lewis Wickes Hine, c. 1909
gelatin silver print, h 126mm × w 177mm More details
American photographer Lewis Hine is known primarily for his investigative photographs of child labour, which he took for the National Child Labor Committee from 1908. He recorded how young children were exploited in factories, mines, and in fields and on the street. Hine’s photographs are a classic example of how photography contributed to social reform.