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Lewis Wickes Hine — Welsh Coal Miner, West Virginia Mine

Lewis Wickes Hine

Welsh Coal Miner, West Virginia Mine

1909

Individual dignity emerges from industrial hardship in this portrait of an immigrant miner in West Virginia. The photograph exemplifies social documentary photography's ability to personalize broader economic and social issues.

Medium
Gelatin silver print

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Lewis Wickes Hine, Welsh Coal Miner, West Virginia Mine, 1909

Individual dignity emerges from industrial hardship in this portrait of an immigrant miner in West Virginia. The photograph exemplifies social documentary photography's ability to personalize broader economic and social issues.

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Year
1909
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Industrial, Mining, American, Documentary Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, Melancholic, Early Modern, Portrait, Black and White, Social Realism

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