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Lewis Hine — A young table boy in Newsome's ice cream parlor, Birmingham, Alabama, October
Lewis Hine

A young table boy in Newsome's ice cream parlor, Birmingham, Alabama, October

A young boy stands at work inside Newsome's ice cream parlor in Birmingham, Alabama, captured by social documentary photographer Lewis Hine during one of his investigations into child labor in America. The gelatin silver print renders the parlor's interior with striking clarity, highlighting the contrast between the cheerful commercial setting and the sobering reality of a child employed within it. Hine's unflinching eye transforms an ordinary workplace scene into a powerful record of the era's widespread reliance on juvenile labor.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.

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April 4, 2016

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Lewis Hine, A young table boy in Newsome's ice cream parlor, Birmingham, Alabama, October

A young boy stands at work inside Newsome's ice cream parlor in Birmingham, Alabama, captured by social documentary photographer Lewis Hine during one of his investigations into child labor in America. The gelatin silver print renders the parlor's interior with striking clarity, highlighting the contrast between the cheerful commercial setting and the sobering reality of a child employed within it. Hine's unflinching eye transforms an ordinary workplace scene into a powerful record of the era's widespread reliance on juvenile labor.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Humanist Photography, Documentary Pioneer, Male Artist, Early 20th Century, Black and White Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, American Photographer, Working Class Life, Child Labor Subject, Social Documentary, Documentary Photographer, Child Labor, Somber Mood, Photojournalism, Southern Americana

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