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Lewis Hine Quotes

1874–1940 United States

Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and muckraker photographer. His photographs taken during times such as the Progressive Era and the Great Depression captured young children working in harsh conditions, playing a role in bringing about the passage of the first child labor laws in the United States.

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While photographs may not lie, liars may photograph.

If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t have to lug a camera.

There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profit only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lewis Hine (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.