The Photographer as Educator: The Child Labor Photo-Stories of Lewis Hine.

Provenzo, Eugene F., Jr.

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Publication Date: 1982

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The Photographer as Educator: The Child Labor Photo-Stories of Lewis Hine.

Provenzo, Eugene F., Jr.

Teachers College Record, v83 n4 p593-612 Sum 1982

From 1908 to 1918, Lewis Hine, educator and photographer, gave new meaning to the camera as an educational tool for social change. Published by the National Child Labor Committee, Hine's photo essays of exploited urban and rural children were intended to instigate reform. This essay with photographs describes Hine's crusade. (SG)

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Child Labor, Child Welfare, Immigrants, Photography, Primary Sources, Public Opinion, Social Action, Social Attitudes

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Language: English

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