Ethics, Photography

Lewis Hine: A Photographer’s Decisions

About Lewis Hine: http://iphf.org/inductees/lewis-hine/

Photographs of children picking cotton.

7985824248_3059df9f5d_bJewel and Harold Walker, 6 and 5 years old, pick 20 to 25 pounds of cotton a day … Location: Comanche County … Oklahoma (LOC)

Hine, Lewis Wickes,, 1874-1940,, photographer.

Jewel and Harold Walker, 6 and 5 years old, pick 20 to 25 pounds of cotton a day. Father said: “I promised em a little wagon if they’d pick steady, and now they have half a bagful in just a little while.” See 4564. Location: Comanche County–[Geronimo], Oklahoma

1916 October 10.