Lewis Hine. Social Justice and Child Labor

One of the most influential social documentary photographers of the 20th century, Lewis Hine dedicated his practice to capturing images of children toiling in factories. His powerful photographs told the story of children's abuse as workers and helped influence the creation of labor laws in the United States.

Organized by the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU, Lewis Hine: Social Justice and Child Labor, features Hine’s child labor photographs drawn from the collections of The Bass and the Lowe Art Museum.

Lewis Hine: Social Justice and Child Labor complements FIU’s Common Reading Program and First Year Experience courses. This year, all first year students entering FIU read The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change, by Adam Braun. Just as Braun saw a way to create life-altering schools for children around the world, Lewis Hine used his photographic talents to instigate a significant change that would forever better the lives of children in America.

The exhibition runs from August 15 – December 10, 2017.