In this photograph, men holding luggage while the wait to pass through immigration look directly at the camera. The faces are filled with the hopes and anxieties of these immigrants. Here we see the essence of what Hines called "telling stories with photographs."
- Collection of
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
- Title
- Climbing into America, Ellis Island
- Original title
- Climbing into America, Ellis Island
- Artist Name
- HINE, Lewis W.
- Year
- 1908
- Material / Technique
- Gelatin silver print on developing-out paper
- Dimensions
- 490x392mm
- Accession number
- 20003569
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum “Search the Collection”
- https://collection.topmuseum.jp/Publish/detailPage/41843/
