Cameras are getting much quicker! Lewis Hine had a box camera in which he used to photograph children working in the mills which became some of the most shocking images in history as he exposed the mistreatment, poverty and injury which would occur at working mills and factories employing young children. These images made a revolution on changing the American laws on children age limits and conditions.
This would have been the type of camera Hine would have used as you see its till a similar structure to the box cam and is now using paper film instead of wet plates. This camera was quite popular in the 1920's.
Photo credit: youthvoices.net
In this image I think that I can class this as a candid image as the subjects (children) probably are not fully aware on what Hine is doing and continue there daily work whilst unknowingly being documented for time and future.
Photo Labelled: child labour, youngsters at bib mill 1909
Photo credit: www.demilled.com
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