Join The Collection to save, track, and explore works like this.

Art Institute of Chicago

Spotted

Lewis Wickes Hine — This Man, Scotch, Was Called The Poet Of The Mines, Eastern Pennsylvania Coal Mine

Lewis Wickes Hine

This Man, Scotch, Was Called The Poet Of The Mines, Eastern Pennsylvania Coal Mine

1920

Poetic sensibility meets harsh industrial reality in this evocative portrait of a Scottish immigrant miner. Hine's ability to capture both the humanity and hardship of working-class subjects reaches its peak in this psychologically complex image.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Start the Discussion

Request access to join the discussion

More by Lewis Wickes Hine

Woman Garment Worker

Woman Garment Worker

1915

Row of Bachelor Shacks At Scott's Run, West Virginia Mines

Row of Bachelor Shacks At Scott's Run, West Virginia Mines

1936

Old Time Garment Shop, New York City

Old Time Garment Shop, New York City

1912

Request access to see more

Spotted works by Lewis Wickes Hine

✦

Art Institute of Chicago

108 spotted

About this work

Lewis Wickes Hine, This Man, Scotch, Was Called The Poet Of The Mines, Eastern Pennsylvania Coal Mine, 1920

Poetic sensibility meets harsh industrial reality in this evocative portrait of a Scottish immigrant miner. Hine's ability to capture both the humanity and hardship of working-class subjects reaches its peak in this psychologically complex image.

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

Related themes

Industrial, Monochrome, 20th Century, Documentary, American, Photograph, Gelatin Silver Print, Coal Mining, Portrait, Candid

More works by Lewis Wickes Hine

Collected by

Art Institute of Chicago