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Lewis Hine

By P.Wilson71

  • Hine is born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

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    Life of Lewis Hine

  • Hine enrolls at the University of Chicago.

    After saving up for all of his time in grade school, Lewis is able to enroll at the University to study Sociology

  • Hine meets Frank E. Manny

    As a professor of educaton in New York, Manny invites Hine to come teach in New York, where he firsts experiments with photography as an educational medium
  • Hine photographs immigrants at Ellis Island

    Hine photographs immigrants at Ellis Island

    For the next four years, Lewis photographed immigrants arriving onto the island, trying to protray them ith "the same glory as the arrival of the Pilgrims". It is during this time he discovers that his calling is photojournalism
  • Hine becomes Staff Photographer at the Russel Sage Foundation

    Hine becomes Staff Photographer at the Russel Sage Foundation

    Here, he hotographed the steel-making districts of Pittsburgh. PA for a sociological study called the Pittsburgh Survey
  • Hine is assigned given his first assigment by the NCLC

    Hine is assigned given his first assigment by the NCLC

    Lewis was assigned to photograph New York tenemant homework.
  • Hine becomes the photographer for the NCLC

    Hine becomes the photographer for the NCLC

    Over the next decade, Lewis photographs chld labor conditions in an attmpt to lobby for the end of the practice.
  • Hine finishes his work with incoming immigrants.

    Hine finishes his work with incoming immigrants.

    In 1909, Lewis completed his series of "work portraits", having taken over 200

  • Hine accepts a job from the American Red Cross

    Lewis travels around war-torn Europe photographing refugees and victims of WWI
  • Hine is hired to photograph the construction of the Empire State Building.

    Hine is hired to photograph the construction of the Empire State Building.

    Lewis often took the same risks as the workers when taking these shots
  • Hine photographs American relief efforts during the Depression

    Hine photographs American relief efforts during the Depression

    Lewis worked with several groups, including the TVA and Red Cross.

  • Hine is chosen as chief photographer for the Natinal Research Project of the WPA

    His work there was never finished

  • Lewis Hine dies in Dobbs Ferry, New York