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Powerhouse: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 12:20am.
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Powerhouse Mechanic and Steam Pump (1920). One of Lewis Wickes Hine's celebrated "work portraits" made after he completed his decade-long project documenting child labor. View full size. Juniper Gallery Fine Art Print.
He looks like
Submitted by poikaa on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 5:37am.
Amazing! but he looks like Buster Crabbe!
"Blended"
Submitted by smartalek on Sun, 05/08/2011 - 12:50pm.
"As if the worker was blended with the machine." - Anonymous Tipster, Tue, 07/22/08
Indeed.
But is the relationship symbiotic, or parasitic -- and if the latter, which is the parasite and which the host?
Extra credit: Do you think your answer to that question might have been different if Keanu Reeves and/or the Wachowski Bros had never existed?
Rush
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 2:51pm.
The rock group Rush used this picture in some of their art work on their Snakes & Arrows Audio DVD. There were some mods to the picture but the main part of it was this image.
Strong image
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 4:33pm.
As if the worker was blended with the machine.
Cheers
Submitted by Nate on Fri, 12/07/2007 - 2:04pm.
Three cheers to Dave for his note about art and portraiture.
Steamfitter
Submitted by Mark Dyer on Fri, 07/13/2007 - 10:57pm.
This picture is brilliant, and I've often thought that this guy looks like a model. If he was less attractive would it hold appeal?
Express Yourself
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 07/12/2007 - 5:22pm.
Looks like something from the Madonna "Express Yourself" music video... Ooops. I just dated myself.. :-)
Steamfitter?
Submitted by Megan on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 9:57pm.
I did a project on this photograph in grade 12 photography. I was actually expecting it to appear on Shorpy.com eventually, seeing how it's such an iconic piece. It was called Steamfitter when we did the project, do you know if both titles are used interchangeably?
This was the picture that got me interested in Lewis Wickes Hine's photography. Thanks for posting it!
Nice Image.
Submitted by Gunga Dean on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 8:05pm.
I think Chaplin in "Modern Times" and Fritz Lang in "Metropolis" must have been inspired by this photo.
Listening to "Powerhouse"
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 3:43pm.
While looking at a picture titled "Powerhouse" what could be more appropriate that listening to Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse."
Re: Icon
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 7:10am.
> That has got to be one of the iconic pictures of the 20th century.
...staged like so many of them.
[It's not "staged," it's posed. Which is how art photography works. No different from painting, sculpture or any other representational form. This is why it's called a portrait. - Dave]
Icon
Submitted by robcat2075 on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 3:38am.
That has got to be one of the iconic pictures of the 20th century.
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