Lee Friedlander
(Aberdeen, Washington, 1934 - )
A Machine Shop, Akron
From the series "Great Lakes Industrial Survey"
1979-1980
Gelatin silver print
11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Purchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and Centran Bank of Akron
1981.11.62
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Commissioned by the Akron Art Museum, Friedlander documented the decline of the industries of the Great Lakes region. In depicting the “Rust Belt,” he chose scenes that emphasized the urban blight around factories and the de-humanizing, mechanical nature of the factory jobs.
Keywords
PhotographyLaborer
Workers
Regional
Black and White
Machines
Ohio
Factory
Documentary