Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874-1940)
Icarus Atop Empire State Building
Lewis Hine was best know for his photograpghy inspiring social change. Hine's interests are in social welfare and reform movements. His photogrpahs were used for many things including to make lantern slides for lectures and to illustrate pamphlets, magazine articles, and exhibitions.
This picture interests me because by the city background you can see how high up the man is and he still has no safety ropes or anything preventing him from falling.
This photo is significant because it shows people how dangerous and horrid their work of constucting the Empire State building was.
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