Documentary+Sroka

Discuss very briefly who each photographer was/is (brief biography) and especially mention important info that made photography their medium of choice. **Make sure the biographic facts you share are pertinent to our understanding of this photographer.**

Explain what type of photography work/subject the photographers were known for and how their work informed people of a cause or situation.

How did their photography make a difference?

Explain whether or not they were associated with the WPA or FSA.

Explain when and where they did their photos.

Explain how their work will influence your own.



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Jack Delano, Lewis Hines, Roy Stryker =====

Lewis Hine was not only an American photographer, but also a sociologist who took photos to demonstrate the changing of child laws in the United States. Hine was born in Oshkosh before going to three different colleges to study sociology. He taught at an Ethical Culture School in New York that would travel to Ellis Island to take photographs of immigrants. After taking all of these pictures with the children, he realized that his calling was photography.

In 1908, Hine became the photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, also known as NCLC. In order to end child labor, Hine documented it in the American industry. During World War 1, he worked in Europe and photographed the American Red Cross relief work. Hine is known for a serious of portraits that show-cased how much humans have contributed to modern industry. Not only did Hine photograph that, but he also documented the construction of The Empire State Building. Again during the Great Depression, he worked for the American Red Cross and drought relief in the South. Later in his life, he was a chief photographer for the Works Progress Administration and studied the changes in industry and how that effected employment.