{"product_id":"lewis-w-hine-america-at-work-9783836572347","title":"Lewis W. Hine. America at Work","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhotographer, teacher, and sociologist \u003cstrong\u003eLewis W. Hine (\u003c\/strong\u003e1874-1940) shaped our consciousness of \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican working life in the early 20th century\u003c\/strong\u003e like no other. Combining his training as an educator with his \u003cstrong\u003ehumanist concerns\u003c\/strong\u003e, Hine was one of the \u003cstrong\u003eearliest photographers to use the camera as a documentary tool\u003c\/strong\u003e, capturing in particular labor conditions, housing, and immigrants arriving on Ellis Island. His images, including those of children in cotton mills, factories, coal mines, and fields, became \u003cstrong\u003eicons of photographic history\u003c\/strong\u003e that helped to \u003cstrong\u003etransform labor laws\u003c\/strong\u003e in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book brings together a representative collection of Lewis W. Hine's \u003cstrong\u003ephotography from all periods of his work\u003c\/strong\u003e. It spans his earliest forays into social-documentary work through to his more artistic and interpretative late photographs, including his phenomenal images of the construction of the \u003cstrong\u003eEmpire State Building\u003c\/strong\u003e and his symbiotic staging of human and machine as a comment on increasing industrialization. Alongside the \u003cstrong\u003enear 350 photographs\u003c\/strong\u003e, the book includes an essay by the editor, introducing Hine's life and pioneering work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHine, Lewis W.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - American photographer and sociologist Lewis W. Hine (1874-1940) was trained to be an educator in Chicago and New York before setting up his photography studio in 1912. One of the first to use the camera as a tool for social reform, Hine worked as photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, the Red Cross, and the National Research Project of the Works Progress Administration. His photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalther, Peter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Peter Walther has edited various publications on literary, photographic, and contemporary historical themes, including books on Goethe, Fontane, Thomas Mann, Hans Fallada, and writers in the First World War, as well as several illustrated books with historical color photographs. He has also curated several exhibitions. He is particularly interested in early color photography techniques.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50681790333202,"sku":"9783836572347","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_74625704-b073-4c1e-b765-43c52bb59c47.jpg?v=1733958346","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lewis-w-hine-america-at-work-9783836572347","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}