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Lewis Wickes Hine — The Turbine, Power-House, New York City

Lewis Wickes Hine

The Turbine, Power-House, New York City

1920

Hine's later "Work Portraits" series celebrated industrial labor as heroic, marking a shift from his earlier child labor exposés to a more optimistic vision of American industry.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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Lewis Wickes Hine, The Turbine, Power-House, New York City, 1920

Hine's later "Work Portraits" series celebrated industrial labor as heroic, marking a shift from his earlier child labor exposés to a more optimistic vision of American industry.

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Year
1920
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Industrial, Monochrome, Photography, Documentary, American, Early 20th Century, Gelatin Silver Print, Modern, Architecture, Black and White

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