2. Background
Born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1874
Died in 1940
Teacher
Lived in poverty
1907 began working with the National Child
Labor Committee (NCLC)
3. Background
Traveled to take photos
Had to sneak into factories
WWI, worked with red cross
photographed the living conditions of French
1930-31 took photos of the building of the
Empire State Building
4. Girl worker in Carolina cotton mill 1908
The machine in the mill creates a line making
the girl look tiny compared to the machine
5. Icarus atop Empire State Building New York, 1931
The background
makes this
photo. Conditions
were dangerous
for the builders
of the Empire
State Building.
The wire creates
form and the
shape of a
circle.
6. Poor Home, New York City Tenement 1910
The tiny space of the
tenement looks
crowded. Just by looking
at this photo, it is
obvious that the living
conditions weren’t good.
7. Children working in cotton factory
The cotton machines create form, shape and rhythm.
The young boys had to stand on the machines to use
them.
8. Workers
on
Steel
Beam
of Empire
State
Building
The men create unity and a line in this photo, the
background is included.
