Lewis Hine in Maryland Panel Discussion
Food Labor and Photography in Maryland
The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents a Panel Discussion on Food and Labor in Maryland in conjunction with the exhibition Lewis Hine in Maryland, on display through December 18.
From 1908 to 1924, documentary photographer Lewis Hine (American, 1874–1940) traveled throughout the United States, using his camera to document child labor on behalf of the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC). He photographed children working in coal mines, cotton mills, farms, tenements, and city streets. The NCLC used Hine’s photographs and eyewitness reports to support its campaigns for labor regulation and reform. His images appeared in pamphlets, posters, traveling exhibitions, and lantern-slide presentations across the country. Ultimately, these searing photographs helped shape labor legislation in the United States and established a model for documentary photography.
The panel will feature photographers from the region who will discuss the influence of Lewis Hine on their photographic practices and how their own work engages with these themes.
Featured panelists: Shae McCoy, NT Kanazawich, Joe Giordano, Louie Palu, and Thalia Juarez
Light snacks will be provided by Mera Kitchen Collective.
This event is co-organized by the Department of American Studies, the Orser Center for Public Humanities, and the AOK Gallery at UMBC. It is sponsored by Maryland State Art Council's Maryland Folklife Network.
Image: Lewis Wickes Hine, This little six-year helper in Rock Creek berry field, near Baltimore, Md., was working hard, 1909. Gelatin silver print, 5 x 7 in. The Photography Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), P845a.