Lewis Hine Quotes

There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profit only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work.

If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.

Photography can light-up darkness and expose ignorance.

I wanted to show the thing that had to be corrected: I wanted to show the things that had to be appreciated.

In the early days of my child labor activities I was an investigator with a camera attachment... but the emphasis became reversed until the camera stole the whole show.

Photography is an empathy towards the world.

Photographs don’t lie, but liars may photograph

I have always been more interested in persons than in people.

If you can take photographs with language, I'm taking one right now.

While photographs may not lie, liars may photograph.