Social Reform and Child Labor, Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

What were some of the historical causes of and consequences of American immigration? What were some of the specific techniques that Hine used to humanize his subjects and stimulate efforts toward social reform? Choose either child labor or the working conditions of adult immigrants and discuss a minimum of six photographic examples and 3 techniques. You will find an analysis of techniques in the links above. Find photographs by Hine other than those used on that website to illustrate your assignment. How does this work resemble and differ from that of Carrie Mae Weems and Robert A. Sengstacke? Compare and contract the three photographers.