Sunday, October 3, 2010

Andreas Feininger: Magnitudes (Metals, Utah, 1942)


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View of the Utah Copper Company open-pit mine workings at Carr Fork, as seen from the railroad, Bingham Canyon, Utah
: photo by Andreas Feininger, November 1942

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Carr Fork Canyon as seen from "G" bridge, Bingham Copper Mine, Utah. In the background can be seen a train with waste or over-burden material on its way to the dump: photo by Andreas Feininger, October 1942

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Open-pit workings of the Utah Copper Company, Bingham Canyon, Utah. This is the Carr Fork side from which the company obtains huge amounts of ore. The Carr Fork bridge and main shops appear in the foreground: photo by Andreas Feininger, November 1942

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Constructing a building on the site of a new steel mill which will soon turn out steel for the war needs, Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah: photo by Andreas Feininger, November 1942

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Partly finished open hearth furnaces and stacks for a steel mill under construction which will soon be producing vitally needed steel, Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah: photo by Andreas Feininger, November 1942

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Steel and concrete go into place rapidly as a new steel mill takes form, Columbia Steel Co., Geneva, Utah. The new plant will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort: photo by Andreas Feininger, 1942

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American Smelting and Refining, Garfield, Utah: photo by Andreas Feininger. November 1942


Photography is picture-language, the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world. (Andreas Feininger)


"Photography is picture-language...": Andreas Feininger, 1906-1999 (Andreas Feininger Archive)

Photos by Andreas Feininger from Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress