Lewis Hine exhibition opens in Madrid next month
From 11 February until 29 April 2012, Fundación Mapfre, Madrid will host a major retrospective of American photographer Lewis Hine.
Lewis Hine is (1874 -1940) is one of the key figures of social documentary photography. This is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of Hine’s worker ever produced.
The exhibition is presented in collaboration with George Eastman House (Rochester, USA), home of the Lewis Hine archive. It is fruit of collaboration between Fundación Mapfre (Madrid), the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson (Paris), where the exhibition was shown in autumn 2011, and the Nederlands Fotomuseum (Rotterdam), where it will be shown at the end of 2012. The exhibition was supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Composed of 170 images, mainly original prints from the period, the exhibition offers a complete view of the photographer’s trajectory. It includes his major bodies of work on Ellis Island (1904), child labour (1903-1913), American Red Cross relief work in post World War I Europe (1918-1919), work portraits (1905-1935) and construction of the Empire State Building (1930-1931).
The exhibition is accompanied by documents and publications from the era. Some of these have been recently acquired by George Eastman House and have never been seen by the public.
Entry to the exhibition is FREE.
Image credit: Lewis Hine, Mechanic at steam pump in electric power house, 1920, Gelatin silver print © Collection of George Eastman House, Rochester