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Stepping out of time ....The breaking point
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The Library of Congress The breaking point In the series Stepping out of time to date for sure one of the most compelling images I have found in the Lewis Hine collection you can see the weight of the world on this unknown woman's shoulder. Our world we live in today was made by men and women like her. I claim no rights other than colorizing this image if you wish to use let me know The breaking point. A heavy load for an old woman. Lafayette St., below Astor Pl., N.Y. Location: New York, New York (State) Contributor Names Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer Created / Published 1912 February. Subject Headings - Women. - Laborers. - Clothing industry. - Lifting & carrying. - City & town life. - United States--New York (State)--New York. - New York (State)--New York Format Headings Photographic prints Notes - Title from NCLC caption card. - Attribution to Hine based on provenance. - In album: Tenement homework. - Hine no. 2842. - General information about the Lewis Hine child labor photos is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.nclc Medium 1 photographic print. Call Number/Physical Location LOT 7481, no. 2842 [P&P] Source Collection Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) Repository Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Digital Id nclc 04165 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.04165 Control Number ncl2004003419/PP Reproduction Number LC-DIG-nclc-04165 (color digital file from b&w original print) Rights Advisory No known restrictions on publication.

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::LynEve
11/07/17 12:23 AM GMT
You did her proud !
Poor woman - what you say is true - she does appear to be carrying the weight of the world. Then she has to do whatever needs doing and carry it all back again the next day - what a hard life.
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::tigger3
11/07/17 2:13 PM GMT
Very compelling, this is excellent, I just can't imagine how hard it had to be back in those days.Images like this is a good reminder of how things have changed. tigs=^..^=
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::Nikoneer
11/07/17 4:34 PM GMT
She is so loaded down I had to pull a copy and enlarge it in Photoshop to figure out which direction she was moving! S&F. More in a PM...

-Nik
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.0930_23
11/07/17 5:33 PM GMT
A faceless, nameless woman just adds to the legend of how our country was built on the the backs of many people Rob. This photo captures the essence of their struggles.
Excellent work.

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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
.rvdb
11/07/17 6:21 PM GMT
In the series Stepping out of time I did the colorization in 2 layers instead of the usual 10-15 layers its works twice as fast but can result in overlap of pixels which distort the edges as Nik pointed out. I am aware and trying to work around the problem but it's a real time saving way to colorize but I will figure it out.
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::ryzst
11/08/17 6:51 AM GMT
Some of these photographs paint a pretty dreary picture of life at the street level in this era. They're not like the bombed-out Syrian cities of our time, but grimy and hopeless just the same. The people who toiled and actually created products had to share the streets with cars and horses, while the guys in bowler hats got the sidewalks. Most laborers wouldn't get far past the service doors of these buildings. And none would have any place on the upper floors, where the real money was made.
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::corngrowth
11/08/17 9:56 AM GMT
Rob, when I saw only a glance of this picture, I thought I was back in Alexandria, Egypt (I was there in my former career because of port calls there). Not only because of the woman, but because of the trash on the street as well. On closer view, I saw that it was taken in the 'more sophisticated world'. Your colorization (only in 2 layers, ☺) has intensified this feeling. A shocking image of the hardship then. Perfect time document however, my friend!
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.icedancer
11/13/17 12:28 AM GMT
Oh my goodness, the loads they had to carry - another outstanding addition to the series
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