Untitled 1909

This photograph by Lewis Hine captures two young newsgirls, and it's made with that old-school photographic process, all sepia tones and soft focus. You know, the kind where the world looks a little like a dream. What gets me is the texture. The rough coats they're wearing, the coarse paper of the newspapers, the way the light catches on the edges of things. It's all so tactile, you can almost feel the chill in the air. I keep looking at the way the girl on the left is holding her stack of papers. How she almost disappears behind them, but still, her eyes are bright, hopeful. Hine, like Dorothea Lange, had a way of seeing the grit and grace in everyday life. It reminds me a little of some of the German photographers like August Sander, but with more heart. Ultimately, it's about capturing the moment, the struggle, and the beauty, all at once. It's a reminder that art is an ongoing conversation, an exchange of ideas and feelings that transcends time.