Today you will be writing about this photograph made by Lewis Hine, a photographer and sociologist who used photography as a tool for social reform. His images of child laborers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries helped abolish child labor. We will read together in class an article on Lewis Hine and the National Child Labor Committee. Then, you will write a 4 paragraph critical analysis of the photograph above. Your analysis must be 4 paragraphs, 5 sentences minimum per paragraph. Remember to post your analysis as a comment to the blog post that corresponds to your class. If you post your analysis to the wrong class's post, it will not be graded. If you do not complete your analysis in class, you must finish it for homework before your next class on FRIDAY, 11/10/17. Refer to your "How to See" handout for analyzing a photograph--
elizabeth wray
11/9/2017 12:31:24 pm
This image is about several kids that are working a night shift at a factory. They are forced laborers because they are under fifteen years of age. Since the picture was captured in the twenties, it is in black and white. The boys that are working seem to be looking at a window or just something in the light. It seems that life was very hard to be a kid in the 1920’s up until you were fifteen. The kids are wearing hats and overalls i'm guessing to keep them safe from getting injured or even killed by a machine.
Claire Williams
11/9/2017 12:31:25 pm
This image is of boys working in a factory. It is mainly portraying two boys and there are about 4 boys behind them. The first boy on the left of the two mainly portrayed has his arms crossed and the other one looks like he was working on something with both of his hands and then he turned his head to look at something that both of them are looking at. The whole room is fairly dark and everything, including the boys are very dirty. The main colors being used are black and white and it looks like there is a warm temperature. There are some dark shadows in the corner, and a bit of highlight in the middle bottom of the image where there is a table. 11/9/2017 12:31:47 pm
This image was shot in Indiana by Lewis Hine. It features two young boys working tirelessly in a glasswork factory. The environment around them appears to be unclean and cluttered. The children are wearing relatively similar clothing, and adults are working the same job behind them as the picture was taken. This photo is exposed in black and white due to the lack of color photography used in the 20s. The lighting is difficult to decipher in the foreground, but the background is very dark. One would barely be able to make out the people in the background. Many people are featured in this image, and they do not appear to be having a pleasant experience. However, the boys in the foreground are slightly smiling, I think. It is clear to see what is happening in the image, as the boys are working a dangerous job in a glass and bottle making factory. Work is going on around them.
Payton Down
11/9/2017 12:34:02 pm
This image is of many children working in a factory. The factor does not look very safe, there's a lot of rust and dirt. There are two kids looking at the camera and the rest are hard at work. This image is in a black and white with some orang tents in it. I think they used this color because of the setting and the emotions the photographer wants to convey with the image. There are many darker shadows, it looks very natural though. He lighting doesn't seem to be a studio set-up. The two small boys are facing the camera and there are others in the background.
Brandon Collins
11/9/2017 12:34:36 pm
The image is of a bunch of minors doing adult labor in a factory. The only colors that are used are black and white. The lighting is artificial light coming from behind the photographer. The light is bright with dark shadows. The objects included are metal machines, brick wall people ages fifteen and up, with torn up clothes, and black smudges. Some kids in the background are working while three of them are looking at who is taking the photo.
Parker Brown
11/9/2017 12:35:32 pm
The image is of a couple of boys that are workers in a factory. It looks like their clothes are pretty dirty, so their hygiene might not be very good. The actually factory looks very dirty, so it looks like it could be very uncomfortable for the boys to be working there. The image is shot in black and white because the picture was taken when colored images weren’t invented. In the picture I don’t see any other kids, so there might be only a couple of kids in the factory surrounded by a bunch of older men.
Annie Mosis
11/9/2017 12:36:07 pm
In this image there are many kids in a factory. The image is mainly focused on the two kids in the front. One kid is folding his arms in front of him and the other is working on something. They are both looking off into the distance so are the other kids in the background. What is unusual there seems to be an older man in the back even though this is a picture focusing on child labor laws. I'm assuming it is a overwatchers to make sure the kids are doing what they're supposed to do. This image looks like it's using an artificial lights because it looks to be night time in the photo. All the boys are wearing hats and striped pants and clothes not in good repair.
Jordan Bell
11/9/2017 12:38:53 pm
This is an image of two child laborers with other young children in the background. The place these children are working in seem dirty and hot. The image was taken at midnight of an Indiana glasswork factory. The photograph is in black and white because of the type of camera Lewis Hine was using. The lighting in this photograph seems to be artificial light and not moon light. In this image, the viewer can see eleven individuals of younger ages. At the top of the photo there are large tubes/vents and a chimney. In the back right of the photo there is a fire with some type of wooden or metal contraption in front of it.
Gilly Thompson
11/10/2017 09:34:04 am
This image shows a room full of young boys , maybe seven or eight of them. They look dirty and their clothes are torn. All the boys are wearing worn out caps. Some of them appear to be working in the background. The two boys towards the front are looking at something. Possibly just looking at Lewis hine, the man photographing them. They are also working with glass.
Kylie Bruehler
11/10/2017 10:21:14 am
This is a photograph done by Lewis Hine during the early times that child labor was at its highest in America. This was around the early 20th century. This image is of course a black and white image because it was taken way before digital or even more modern film cameras. This image was taken right inside of one of the factories in which children worked. Because this is a black and white image, its quality and composition is very different than a normal photograph seen today. The photograph is actually very well exposed and is very sharp considering the camera that was dealt with. The factory in which this image looks very dirty and dangerous and not in a good condition for anyone to be working in, let alone children. It is not obvious what the children are working on or what they are doing, but some are focused towards the photographer and others are not.
Lucas Prado
11/10/2017 11:54:58 am
This is a black and white image is of some workers, almost all of whom are kids, working in a glass workshop. All of the workers have a fair amount of dirt and soot on their faces, and they all wear pants, hats, and worn, long sleeve shirts. The room that they’re in consists of a network of metal pipes climbing along the ceiling, forking into many smaller pipes jutting out throughout the room. There is also a brick furnace with a large pipe for ventilation above it. Tables are scattered throughout the room, with glass tubes on some while molds and melted glass sit on the others. There is light coming from behind the photographer, presumably from a nearby furnace.
Naty Orquin
11/10/2017 12:20:38 pm
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Matthew Weiss
11/11/2017 05:17:30 am
The image is of two children, working in a factory. The image shows the two children working in terrible conditions in the factory. The photo shows the children working a night shift, in dirty, and inhumane conditions. Besides the boy in the photo, there are some men, working in the background. Despite the difference in age, the boys are forced into working long, draining, and physically demanding shifts just like the adults. Comments are closed.
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