Lange similarly used gelatin silver documentary photography to capture American working class laborers with deep social commentary, focusing on the dignity and hardship of ordinary workers during transformative industrial and economic periods.

Evans shared Hine's commitment to black and white documentary photography that recorded American labor and working conditions with unflinching honesty, treating industrial and rural workers as worthy subjects of serious artistic and social documentation.

Sander produced systematic black and white photographic documentation of working class and industrial laborers, sharing Hine's approach of elevating male workers through dignified portraiture that served both historical record and social commentary.