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Book SynopsisBetween 1908 and 1917, the American photographer and sociologist Lewis Hine (1874-1940) took some of the most memorable pictures of child workers ever made. Traveling around the United States while working for the National Child Labor Committee, he photographed children in textile mills, coal mines, and factories from Vermont and Massachusetts to G
Trade ReviewFinalist for the 2016 Marfield Prize, The National Award for Arts Writing, Arts Club of Washington "This book by Alexander Nemerov ... is a fascinating exploration of Hine's work during the period 1908 to 1917 when he was photographing child labour. But it goes beyond a documentation of the time, place and photographer to an analysis of the work through contemporary eyes and his own interpretation. This is a book to engage with on a level that isn't purely factual, taking you to another view of Hine's work."--Elizabeth Roberts, Black & White Photography
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii 1 Soulmaker 1 2 The Man from Oshkosh 33 3 The Ceremonial Architecture of Time 61 4 Put the Headlines to Bed 103 5 Haunted 129 6 We Work in the Dark 159 Bibliographic Notes 179 Index 185 Photo Credits 191
