"Men at Work", Lewis Hine (1874-1940)

Mechanic at Steam Pump in Electric Power House, ca. 1921

Workman on the Framework of the Empire State Building, 1930

Three Riveters, Empire State Building, 1931. Image courtesy of Musée de l’Élysée, Lausanne.

The McClain Brothers (On the Mooring Mast, Empire State Building), ca. 1930

Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co.

Steelworker on Empire State Building, 1931

Man with Micrometer Measuring a Shaft to a Thousandth of an Inch, ca. 1920–1929

Workers operating machinery manufactured by Vulcan Iron Works, ca. 1925

Steelworker touching the tip of the Chrysler Building,
ca. 1931

Derrick and workers on girder,
1930-1931

Books

Lewis Hine

(D.A.P., 2012)

Lewis Hine

(T.F. Editores, S.L.C., 2012)

Lewis Hine

(Phaidon, 2002)

Lewis Hine as Social Critic

(University Press of Mississippi, 2009)

Lewis Hine: Photographer and American Progressive

(McFarland & Company, 2018)

Lewis W. Hine

(Actes Sud, 1999)

Lewis W. Hine: America at Work

(TASCHEN, 2018)

Lewis W. Hine: The Empire State Building

(Prestel, 1999)

Photo Story: Selected Letters and Photographs of Lewis W. Hine

(Smithsonian Institution, 1992)

America & Lewis Hine

(Aperture, 1997)

Related Projects

Young Farmers, 1914. Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of MoMA.

People of the 20th Century

August Sander (1876-1964)

Typological photographic study documenting German societal archetypes through seven thematic groups, spanning decades and social strata.

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Walker Evans (1903-1975)

Unembellished portrayal of rural poverty through meticulously composed photographs and introspective text, revealing the deep interplay between creative expression and social awareness.

Behind the Saint-Lazare station, Paris, 1932. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

The Decisive Moment

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

Ephemeral human moments portrayed through a fusion of spontaneity and precise composition.

DePeyster statue, Bowling Green, looking north on Broadway, Manhattan, July 1936

Changing New York

Berenice Abbott (1898-1991)

Modernist exploration of 1930s New York's urban transformation, highlighting the contrast between historic architecture and the emergence of towering skyscrapers.

Untitled, 1929-31. Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of MoMA.

Roll, Jordan, Roll

Doris Ulmann (1882-1934)

African American life and culture in rural South Carolina during an era of social and cultural transition.

Trastevere, Rome, 1959. Image courtesy of Magnum Photos.

The Europeans

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)

European identity captured through black-and-white photographs spanning five decades, emphasizing shared humanity and cultural diversity.