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De-Electrification, Philadelphia. PA, 2005.
All the pixels, none of the voltage at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/2155416560
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I’ve always loved this Lewis Hine photo – Power House Mechanic (1920-21); in fact, I was able to use it as the cover image for my first book about labor in 19th-century literature and culture.
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@cindyweinstein@mastodon.world Yes, that’s such a great photo, so perfectly composed.
@mattblaze@federate.social
Thank you for sharing your expertise I didn’t know about “precisionism” but thought this photo might capture what you were getting at. Does it?
@cindyweinstein@mastodon.world It does!
@mattblaze@federate.social
yay. I wonder if you think any Surrealists – I’m thinking of Magritte, in particular, what with all of his lines and frames within frames – fits your understanding of precisionism. I am very interested in photography and have spent time thinking and writing about Riis and Magritte, which is why I’m asking. Thanks, in advance.
@cindyweinstein@mastodon.world It also always reminded me of Demuth’s “I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold”. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/488315