Cities of Angels is part document, part historical recovery, and part visual essay. It grapples with the pictures of the great American photographer Lewis Hine and their legacy. In the early twentieth century, Hine visited western Massachusetts, at the time among the most industrialized regions of the country, and took pictures of the children who worked in the factories along the Connecticut River. Cities of Angels presents many of these photographs, some for the first time, and pairs them with pictures made by the contemporary photographer Anthony Lee.
From the Introduction:
"Hine's records remain as relevant today as they were in his own day. At the very least, they require a reckoning and a new investigation of the conditions of the factory towns. 'Where,' Hine might ask if he were alive today, 'are my cities of angels?'"
"Hine's records remain as relevant today as they were in his own day. At the very least, they require a reckoning and a new investigation of the conditions of the factory towns. 'Where,' Hine might ask if he were alive today, 'are my cities of angels?'"
This Day in Spring is a picture story that explores an old conundrum in the history of photography, the relationship between words, images, and historical memory.
Excerpt from the text:
"She closes her eyes and starts to hum. It's an old folk song. I remember it from my childhood. My grandmother sang it in a language I didn't understand. She sang it at night as she tucked us into bed. It is low and slow and soothing and beckons you to sway in its long rhythms. It comes rumbling out of her throat, as if it were flowing out from a deep well of history."
Excerpt from the text:
"She closes her eyes and starts to hum. It's an old folk song. I remember it from my childhood. My grandmother sang it in a language I didn't understand. She sang it at night as she tucked us into bed. It is low and slow and soothing and beckons you to sway in its long rhythms. It comes rumbling out of her throat, as if it were flowing out from a deep well of history."