Lewis Hine :
when innovation was king : the WPA National Research Project photographs, 1936-37 /
Judith Mara Gutman

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Main Author
Gutman, Judith Mara
Related Names
Gutman, Judith Mara, writer of supplementary textual content
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940.
Language(s)
English
Published
©2017
Göttingen : Steidl ; 2017
Edition
First edition
Subjects
Hine, Lewis Wickes, > 1874-1940.
Hine, Lewis Wickes, > 1874-1940
National Research Project on Reemployment Opportunities and Recent Changes in Industrial Techniques (U.S.)
United States. > Works Progress Administration
United States. > Works Progress Administration
National Research Project on Reemployment Opportunities and Recent Changes in Industrial Techniques (U.S.)
Photography, Artistic.
Documentary photography.
Manufacturing industries.
Photography, Industrial.
Working class.
Photography, Industrial
Documentary photography
Photography, Artistic
Working class > United States > Portraits.
Manufacturing industries > United States > Pictorial works.
United States.
Pictorial works.
Portraits.
Photography, Industrial
Documentary photography
Photography, Artistic
Summary
In 1936, science-teacher turned photographer Lewis Hine was commissioned by the National Research Project, a division of the Works Progress Administration, to produce a visual document of the industries that the US government hoped would provide the jobs that would lift the country out of the Great Depression. Hine, already well-established as a chronicler of social conditions of his day, produced more than 700 photographs for this project, the last major work of his career. By emphasizing the inherent tension between machinery and workers, Hine imbued these compelling images with his characteristic rigor and aesthetic appeal. These photographs, and their implied message, are particularly relevant today given high unemployment rates and radical shifts in the role of the worker in the rapidly changing world economy. Included in this book is an essay by the eminent photographic historian, Judith Mara Gutman, in which she discusses the project and the photographs in the context of the economic conditions of the time and the artistic and technological innovations of the era. Co-published with the Howard Greenberg Library, New York
Physical Description
143 pages : illustrations ; 25 x 24 cm
ISBN
3958291899
9783958291898
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