Great white and black photographers part 2

Lewis Hine was born in September 26, 1874 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Hine was American sociologist and photographer. In the early point of Hine's life his father past away in an accident motivating Hine to begin working to save up money for a college education. Hine studied sociology at the university of Chicago, Columbia, and New York. Furthermore Hine became a teacher in New York city at the Ethical culture school encouraging many students to study photography. By seeing how Photography motivated Hine began to make photography his career. In 1908 he became the photographer for the National child labor committee NCLC. Over the decade he documented the NCLC's efforts to end this very sad time. During and after world war II he documented the red cross. In 1930 he was hired to document the construction of the Empire state building in New York city. In order to get the best photographs he endured the same dangers the workers did 1000 feet above 5th avenue!. During the Great Deppression he worked with the Red Cross to document the the drought in Americas economy. Lewis Hine's photographs are some of the most known photograps of the era however Lewis Hine at the time died unappreciated manny people were not interested in his work past or present and he lost his house and applied for wellfare. Sadley Lewis Hine died at the age of 66 on November 3, 1940 at Dobbs Farry Hospital in Dobbs Farry New York after an opperation. His son Corydon donated His prints and negatives to the photo leage witch was dissmanted in 1951. After the dissmatel of The Photo Leage, the prints were offerd the the musseam of moddern art howerver they did not except them, fourtunateley the Gorge Eastman House in Rochester New York and his Photo's been some of the best known of that era giving insite in many immportant and historical events.