The child labor in the United States by Lewis Hine’s lens

Authors

  • José Pacheco dos Santos Júnior University of São Paulo (USP)
  • Kamilla Dantas Matias University of Coimbra (UC)
  • Rita de Cássia Mendes Pereira State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-7939.2013v9n14p123

Keywords:

Photography of social denunciation, Child labor in the United States, Lewis Hine.

Abstract

From the photographic production of Lewis Wickes Hine, this paper aims to discuss the use of photographic iconography for elucidating aspects of the history of child labor in the United States. Between 1908 and 1924, serving the National Child Labor Committee, Lewis Hine recorded and reported, through his camera, many faces of child labor in the USA and made a decisive contribution to the debate on the use of child labor in the contemporary world.

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Author Biographies

José Pacheco dos Santos Júnior, University of São Paulo (USP)

Graduate student (master's degree) in Economic History at University of São Paulo (USP)

Kamilla Dantas Matias, University of Coimbra (UC)

Graduate student (master's degree) in History at University of Coimbra (UC)

Rita de Cássia Mendes Pereira, State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB)

PhD in Social History by University of São Paulo (USP). Professor in the Department of History of State University of Southwest Bahia (UESB) and coordinator of the Laboratory of Social History of Labor (LHIST/UESB).

Published

2013-04-17

How to Cite

Santos Júnior, J. P. dos, Matias, K. D., & Pereira, R. de C. M. (2013). The child labor in the United States by Lewis Hine’s lens. Discursos Fotograficos, 9(14), 123–140. https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-7939.2013v9n14p123

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