See the Work
Where to experience Lewis Hine's photographs in person, and resources to learn more
Permanent Collections
Institutions holding Lewis Hine's original prints and negatives, plus the public-domain archive these images are drawn from.
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
The Prints & Photographs Division holds the FSA/OWI collection — thousands of Lewis Hine's Depression-era photographs. All are in the public domain and available online.
Browse OnlineLibrary of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Holds the National Child Labor Committee Collection, roughly 5,100 photographic prints and 355 glass negatives by Hine documenting child labor between 1908 and 1924, available with no known restrictions on publication.
Learn MoreGeorge Eastman Museum
Rochester, New York
Major repository of Hine's photographs and negatives, which the museum accepted after his death when other institutions had declined them.
Learn MoreAlbin O. Kuhn Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland
Holds a large collection of National Child Labor Committee photographs by Hine.
Learn MoreNew York Public Library
New York City
Holds Hine photographs including images from his Empire State Building construction series.
Learn MoreMetropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Holds vintage Hine prints, including his celebrated Empire State Building image "Icarus."
Learn MoreMajor Exhibitions
Notable retrospectives and exhibitions of Lewis Hine's work.
Lewis W. Hine Retrospective
Riverside Museum, New York
A retrospective organized late in Hine's life with the support of the critic Elizabeth McCausland and photographer Berenice Abbott, one of the few exhibitions to honor him before his death.
America and Lewis Hine
Brooklyn Museum, New York
A major touring retrospective that surveyed Hine's full career and was central to the revival of his reputation.
Lewis Hine
International Center of Photography, New York
A comprehensive survey of Hine's photography, from his Ellis Island and child-labor work to his industrial work portraits.
Books & Films About Lewis Hine
Essential resources for understanding Lewis Hine's life and work.
Essential Reading
The only book of Hine's photographs published in his lifetime, celebrating the skill and courage of industrial workers, including his images of the construction of the Empire State Building.
A landmark survey and exhibition catalogue that helped restore Hine's reputation, pairing a broad selection of his photographs with biographical and critical essays.
A focused study of Hine's later career, drawing on his work for the Works Progress Administration's National Research Project.
An influential study of American photography that includes a major critical assessment of Hine's social documentary work and its meaning.
Films & Other Resources
A documentary film on Hine's life and photography, narrated in part from his own words, that brought his story to a wide public audience.
Online Resources
Explore the Archive
Browse 1708 Lewis Hine photographs from the Library of Congress.
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