Heart of the Turbine 1930

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"Heart of the Turbine," a 1930 photograph by Lewis Hine, depicts a worker, dwarfed by the massive machinery of a Westinghouse turbine. The image captures the industrial scale and the human cost of the burgeoning technological advancements of the early 20th century. Hine, known for his social documentary photography, captured the lives of industrial workers, highlighting their strength and the harshness of their working conditions. This black and white photograph, now housed at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, exemplifies Hine's ability to portray the industrial landscape with a blend of realism and humanism.

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“I wanted to show the things that had to be corrected; I wanted to show the things that had to be appreciated.”—Lewis Hine Working as a photographer and inspector for the National Child Labor Committee in the early 1900s, Lewis W. Hine documented underage laborers in coal mines and cotton mills. This image of a young boy named Richard Pierce working as a messenger for the American District Telegraph Company, an affiliate of Western Union, is just one of thousands of instances of labor abuses that Hine captured over his career. By exposing the ills of immigrant and labor conditions and inspiring empathy for his subjects, Hine was able to use photography to bring about social reform. Hine’s photographs would eventually compel the U.S. Congress to pass legislation against child labor.