Lewis Hine: father of photojournalism

Good morning, today I want to tell you about a photographer that I had to tall abouth a while ago and that I found very interesting, since it has to do with my career, wich is journalism. 

Who I'm talking about is Lewis Hine, was an important American documentary photographer, born in 1874 and died in 1940. In 1898 he studied pedagogy and sociology at the University of Chicago. Hine continued his studies at the University of New York, where he worked for years as an assistant professor of natural sciences. In 1905 he finally obtained a degree in pedagogy.

He began photographing the arrival of immigrants to Ellis Island (New York), in order to serve as an illustrative support in his classes. Hine carried out a real documentary work on emigration to the United States, in which he not only recorded the arrival of immigrants, He also photographed the insane dwellings where they were overcrowded and the miserable jobs that barely allowed them to survive. 

He also carried out an investigation requested by The National Committee on Child Labour, an agency set up to combat child explotation. Hine traveled all over country photographing child workes in mines, factories or workshops. 

These works I did because Hine liked to show the reality of people trough her photographs and by this style in wich i venture, he is convinced by the father of photojournalism, for conducting a journalistic investigation but througyh his photos, something that had not been done at that time. 

I like Hine's career for the style I take her photos to, as I'd like to do that kind of journalism in the future. Well, that's all for today, I'll write you next saturday, bye.