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Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime
Maurice Broomfield's dramatic photographs captured factories and their workers in an era of rapid transition, depicting the remnants of the industrial revolution alongside emerging technologies.
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Wire manufacture, Somerset Wire Company, gelatin silver print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1964, England -
Assembling a Former for a Stator, digital C-type print, by Maurice Broomfield for English Electric, 1960, printed 2007, Stafford, England -
Preparing a Warp from Nylon Yarn, British Nylon Spinners, digital C-type print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1964, printed 2007, Pontypool, Wales -
Die Casting, Qualcast Lawnmower Works, gelatin silver print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1954, printed 1995, Derbyshire, England -
Balancing a Ship Propeller, Bull’s Metal and Marine Shipyard, gelatin silver print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1956, printed 1995, Glasgow, Scotland -
Tapping a Furnace, Ford, Dagenham, digital C-type print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1954, printed 2006, Essex, England
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Header image:
Tapping a Furnace, Ford, Dagenham, Essex, by Maurice Broomfield, 1954, printed 2006, England. Museum no. E.3727-2007. © Estate of Maurice Broomfield