Union Dock Workers back on Job in S. F.
Lewis W. Hine (Oshkosh 1874 - Hastings-on-Hudson 1940)
Lot-No. 675
Proceeds : 300 €
Gelatine silver print, 18 x 22,5 cm, on the reverse stamp of the photographer, other stamps and label with description of the subject, matted and framed under glass. - American photographer. H. had to work as a labourer when he was young. Later he was able to become a teacher and began taking photographs in 1903. The living and working conditions of ordinary people, and especially child labour, were his subjects. He pursued decidedly political purposes with his photos. Mus.: New York (MoMA).
Lewis W. Hine: Union Dock Workers back on Job in S. F.
Lewis W. Hine (Oshkosh 1874 - Hastings-on-Hudson 1940)
Union Dock Workers back on Job in S. F.
Lot-No. 675
Proceeds : 300 €
Gelatine silver print, 18 x 22,5 cm, on the reverse stamp of the photographer, other stamps and label with description of the subject, matted and framed under glass. - American photographer. H. had to work as a labourer when he was young. Later he was able to become a teacher and began taking photographs in 1903. The living and working conditions of ordinary people, and especially child labour, were his subjects. He pursued decidedly political purposes with his photos. Mus.: New York (MoMA).
