JHOLLAND1
Titanium
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2005
- Location
- western washington state
In 1927 photographer/artist Charles Sheeler was given the commission of his professional life--
6 weeks photographing the newly opened Ford River Rouge plant. 1100 acres and 16,000 machine tools
Sheeler was instructed by the ad agency to include "only buildings and machinery" --
if possible, no workers. Sheeler knew better-- industrial scale is understood when workers are in the picture.
And the message conveyed by the pressman whose spine is permanently radiused from decades of labor
over a stamping machine.
the original photographic set Sheeler handed to Edsel Ford, FoMoCo president, has been lost
these images have been referenced a number of times in PM forum
here is a look at some of what survives
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7cyufMFCvXSRnNGaEgwekFTSW8/edit
jh
6 weeks photographing the newly opened Ford River Rouge plant. 1100 acres and 16,000 machine tools
Sheeler was instructed by the ad agency to include "only buildings and machinery" --
if possible, no workers. Sheeler knew better-- industrial scale is understood when workers are in the picture.
And the message conveyed by the pressman whose spine is permanently radiused from decades of labor
over a stamping machine.
the original photographic set Sheeler handed to Edsel Ford, FoMoCo president, has been lost
these images have been referenced a number of times in PM forum
here is a look at some of what survives
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7cyufMFCvXSRnNGaEgwekFTSW8/edit
jh