Lewis hine photography kids ideas

Background

"There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profit only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work."

-- Lewis Hine, 1908

After the Civil War, the availability of natural resources, new inventions, and a receptive market combined to fuel an industrial boom. The demand for labor grew, and in the late 19th and early 20th centuries many children were drawn into the labor force. Factory wages were so low that children often had to work to help support their families. The number of children under the age of 15 who worked in industrial jobs for wages climbed from 1.5 million in 1890 to 2 million in 1910. Businesses liked to hire children because they worked in unskilled jobs for lower wages than adults, and their small hands made them more adept at handling small parts and tools. Children were seen as part of the family economy. Immigrants and rural migrants often sent their children to work, or worked alongside them. However, child laborers barely experienced their youth. Going to school to prepare for a better future was an opportunity these underage workers rarely enjoyed. As children worked i

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Intrigue in the World of Photography I: The Fake Lewis Hine Prints

This is completely unrelated to anything I’ve written about previously and has nothing to do with anything going on in the real world (I’m not very current-affairs-minded) but there was a recent episode of Fake or Fortune on the telly that brought up some interesting questions to do with fakes in the art world. So, to kick off this new mini-series that I’ve ingeniously entitled Intrigue in the World of Photography, I’m going to start by looking at the case of the fake Lewis Hine prints and ask: who was Walter Rosenblum and what happened?

The idea to write about this tale hit me when I was reading Juliet Hacking’s Photography and The Art Market. It occurred to me that here there were several cases of misbehaviour that I wanted to look at more closely, and I wanted to start here.

This particular case concerns two individuals. One photographer, Lewis Hine; one protegé, Walter Rosenblum. We’ll see how Walter Rosenblum links to Lewis Hine, and how the fake Lewis Hine prints came to exist.

Quick Disclaimer…

At this point I’d recommend that you brew yourself a cup of tea and make sure that whatever device you’re currently reading this on is plugge

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Lewis Hine Peeling Light ejection Child Have through Photographs

Suggested Teaching Instructions

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