Art Institute of Chicago
Sadie Pfeifer, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina
Lewis Wickes HineLinkedCulture matchlcp-089c2af06626
- Date
- 1908
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- United States
- Department
- Photography and Media
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 11344
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Photography's ability to record people, places, and things has often made it the prized medium for documenting society, from prison mug shots to medical studies to the horrors of child labor. Working for the National Child Labor Committee, Hine used photography as a means to an end, photographing children at work, from lone newsboys to factories full of young laborers. The resulting images were the visual spark to debates about reforming child labor laws. In this, his most famous photograph, a small girl stands before a cotton loom that seems to stretch the length of the room, dwarfing her in scale.
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- Credit line
- Acquired through exchange with George Eastman House
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- Object type
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American Social Documentary PhotographyThese gelatin silver print photographs document working-class life, labor conditions, immigration, and social hardship in early 20th century America.
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