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Original Civil Engineering Inspection Photo (most were destroyed after use). Anonymous photographer working for U S Steel, 1972. Still includes …
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Original Civil Engineering Inspection Photo (most were destroyed after use). Anonymous photographer working for U S Steel, 1972. Still includes two-hole punch sleeve binding. Perfect example of When Steel Becomes Structure Instead of Symbol As industrial photography matured, something subtle happened:
The subject stopped being steel-as-power and became steel-as-form.
This is where U.S. Steel photography quietly seeds abstraction.
Formal shifts:
• Repetition of beams, ladders, pipes
• Grids created unintentionally by infrastructure
• Light flattening depth
• Functional geometry eclipsing narrative
Steel mills began to look like:
• Drawings
• Collages
• All-over composition
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- Dimensions
- 10ʺW × 0.01ʺD × 8ʺH
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Art Subjects
- Architecture
- Period
- 1970s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Black & White Photography
- Condition
- Mint Condition, No Imperfections
- Color
- Onyx
- Condition Notes
- Excellent Excellent less
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