Artist: Lewis Wickes Hine Photo Analysis: ?Powerhouse Mechanic 1921?

Photographer and artist Lewis Wickes Hine, was born in 1874 in the town of Oshkosh, Wisconsin in America?s Midwest. Following the death of his father, he worked at a furniture factory to support the family and from here began to see the hardship and sufferings of working class Americans. In the early 1900s, Hine entered into a teacher?s training college in New York City, leading him into his photography career. The artwork in focus …

…compared to the machine. I favour this work of Hines more than the others because of it?s symbolic meaning, and also for it?s practical side. The shades of grey are plentiful, and I especially like the lighting which creates the soft tone in the picture. Bibliography The Cleveland Museum of Arts Lewis Hine [online] http://www.clevelandart.org/explore/artistwork.asp?searchText=Lewis+Hine&display=list&tab=1&recNo=0&workRecNo=0