Lewis Hine

Nationality: American

Training: Self-Taught

Peers: Jacob Riis

Group: Docuementary photography; 20th century

Provenance: purchased from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland

Subject: immigrants; industrial scenes; social conditions; construction




Other Works in the Vancouver Art Gallery Collection

Lewis Wickes Hine
Bolting up a big turbine in a power plane, 1920
silver gelatin print
Vancouver Art Gallery
VAG 2002.7.1

Lewis Wickes Hine
Mechanic in his shrine — heart of the turbine, 1924
silver gelatin print
Vancouver Art Gallery
VAG 2002.7.3

Lewis Wickes Hine
Making a plate for an enormous turbine, 1920
silver gelatin print
Vancouver Art Gallery
VAG 2002.7.4

Lewis Wickes Hine
Working on a core of a large modern turbine, 1930
silver gelatin print
Vancouver Art Gallery
VAG 2002.7.5

Lewis Wickes Hine
Skilled mechanic on big part of huge electric turbine, 1930
silver gelatin print
Vancouver Art Gallery
VAG 2002.7.6

Lewis Wickes Hine
A Young Spinner in a Southern Cotton Mill (boy with men), circa 1910
silver gelatin print on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 2004.37.129

Lewis Wickes Hine
Western Union bicycle Messenger, unknown
silver gelatin print on paper
Vancouver Art Gallery Acquisition Fund
VAG 2004.37.130