Alison Nordstrom, senior curator of photographs of the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, argues that Lewis Hine - perhaps best known for his iconic photos of the construction of the Empire State building in Manhattan, was the father of the documentary movement - long before 'documentary' was defined.
he teaches us that photographs can be simultaneously factual and emotional, and that we shouldn't be separating those pieces
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