Lewis Wickes Hine Reimagined

Sheila Oliveira “Interpretive Photographic Paintings” These images were digitally accessed. The originals are the photography of Lewis Wickes Hine from the Library of Congress collection (Public Domain) of his Child Labor Photography. This exhibit examines the City of Fall River during the early years of the 20th century (1916) as workers are photographed in various mills throughout the city. Some of the photographs have been reimagined as paintings, others are printed as originally captured. Looking at these images brings the mills of Fall River back in time when they served the textile industry processing of cotton from bales to cloth. Fall River was once the second largest cotton manufacturing city in the world.

 Machinery as Art

James Reitzas “Textile Inspired Sculpture” creates a collection of machinery parts into expressive works of art that are historically significant of and to Fall River and as a reminder that “Stuff”, as James would say, can be collected, repurposed and reimagined. His work gives underpinning to the photography displayed as his assemblages contain the original parts used to process cotton during the time Lewis Hine captured these photographs. As a former owner of Fall River Knitting Mills his insight and talent are a valuable contribution.