Newark, New Jersey
Lewis Wickes Hine
American, 1874–1940
August 1, 1924
A gelatin silver print by Lewis Wickes Hine of a young newsboy in Newark, made to record and humanize the everyday lives of working children and support social reform.
You’re struck by the boy’s open, slightly crooked smile and bright shirt set against a softly blurred street background, with folded papers at his side hinting at work even as the portrait feels intimate and candid.
This image exemplifies Hine’s use of photography as social evidence and humanist portraiture, helping to shape documentary photography and fuel campaigns for child welfare and reform.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
4 5/8 × 6 5/8" (11.8 × 16.9 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Herbert Weller
Accession
508.2013
Palette
Exhibitions
