Friday, September 24, 2010

Great Black and White Photographers-Part 2

Lewis Hine
He was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on 1874. He became a teacher in New York City, where he encouraged his students to use photography. In 1963, he was selected as the photographer for the National Research Project of the Works Projects Administration,but his work there was never completed. During and after World War I, he photographed American Red Cross relief work in Europe. Between 1904 and 1909, he took over 200 photographs, and eventually came to the realization that his vacation was photojournalism.
He died at the age of 66 on Novemeber 3, 1940.






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