1907). Child Labor / Lewis Wickes Hine / c. 1908 / Bank of America Collection While working on behalf of the National Child Labor Committee, Hine traveled across the country to photograph child ...

Lewis Hine was an American photographer best known for the images he made while working for the National Child Labor Committee. Hine’s interest in photography as an educational tool prompted him to ...

While Lewis Hine’s early-20th century photographs of working children compelled Congress to limit or ban child labor, the US Department of Labor is now under fire for failing to enforce these laws.