Lewis Hine Quotes


I wanted to show the thing that had to be corrected: I wanted to show the things that had to be appreciated.


Citations

Hine, Lewis W. Quoted in The History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present, by Beaumont Newhall, Museum of Modern Art, 1982, p. 235.

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Lewis Hine
Lewis Hine
  • Born: September 26, 1874
  • Died: November 3, 1940
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Photographer

Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and photographer. Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States.