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Lewis Wickes Hine — High on the Empire State Building, N.Y.

Lewis Wickes Hine

High on the Empire State Building, N.Y.

1930

Demonstrating remarkable courage and technical skill, Hine suspended himself hundreds of feet above New York to capture the Empire State Building's construction workers. These photographs represent some of the most daring architectural documentation ever attempted.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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Lewis Wickes Hine, High on the Empire State Building, N.Y., 1930

Demonstrating remarkable courage and technical skill, Hine suspended himself hundreds of feet above New York to capture the Empire State Building's construction workers. These photographs represent some of the most daring architectural documentation ever attempted.

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Year
1930
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Bold, Documentary, American, Photograph, Gelatin Silver Print, Urban, Modernism, Architecture, Black and White, 1930s

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