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Lewis Wickes Hine — "Follow The Gleam", Welsh Miner in Pa. Coal Mine A Mile From Daylight

Lewis Wickes Hine

"Follow The Gleam", Welsh Miner in Pa. Coal Mine A Mile From Daylight

1910

Underground mining photography reaches artistic heights in this dramatically lit image of a Welsh immigrant worker. The interplay of light and shadow creates an almost spiritual quality while documenting dangerous working conditions.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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Lewis Wickes Hine, "Follow The Gleam", Welsh Miner in Pa. Coal Mine A Mile From Daylight, 1910

Underground mining photography reaches artistic heights in this dramatically lit image of a Welsh immigrant worker. The interplay of light and shadow creates an almost spiritual quality while documenting dangerous working conditions.

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Year
1910
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Industrial, Miner, Monochrome, Documentary, American, Photograph, Early 20th Century, Gelatin Silver Print, Labor, Portrait

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