For the photographers

[karatekid]

''Twenty-four photographs from the Lewis Hine archive have been auctioned in New York. The rare prints were from the collection of the late New York photographer Isador Sy Seidman.

American sociologist Hine was one of the most important documentary photographers of the 20th Century. Because the notion of photojournalism and documentary did not exist at the time, Hine called his projects "photo stories", using images and words to fight for the causes he believed in.

The prints span Hine's career and many are from his most well-known projects, centring on the poor and disadvantaged from the Carolinas, New York and Pittsburgh.''

The one with the young lads breaking coal and the guy stood behind them with a big stick is quite daunting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-43031764

[Dyched]

Superb, thanks!

Never heard of him. I’m a huge fan of Robert Frank, Stephen Shore etc.

[fidelcastro]

I love stuff like this.

I have the famous 'lunch break' photograph of the workers sat on scaffolding above the Rockafella building, hanging on my living room wall.

I love it!

[Pstotto]

Sam Hanna filming the charcoal-makers on Towneley (?) living in peat-roofed dwellings, is probably contemporary.

[evensteadiereddie]

Superb quality.

[what_no_pies]

Brilliant sporting set I just found on the Guardian site:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/galle ... n-pictures" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[tim_noone]

How life as changed so much in a hundred years white slavery of the boy coal breakers.some sad images there of hopelessness.

[RalphCoatesComb]

Knocks Dorothea Lange into a cocked hat !

[karatekid]

Found a website with more pictures from Lewis Hine. These are focused on child labour in America between 1908 - 1912. Each one has a brief photo caption of who is in the photo, some even have quotes from the the subject at the time.

If you click on the thumbnails the photo is enlarged.

The small boy selling newspapers is a particular favourite of mine.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/