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Charles Sheeler, American; Ford Plant, River
Rouge, Criss-Crossed Conveyors, 1927; gelatin silver print.
Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Lane Collection.
This image was widely reproduced in Ford Motor Company publications
such as the Ford News. In addition to its promotional use by the
corporation, it could be seen in the pages of Vanity Fair,
Creative Art, Hound and Horn, and Arts et Métiers
Graphiques where it gained an early reputation as photographic
art. It quickly became one of Sheeler’s best known works
and remains an icon of modern photography.
Sheeler depicts the chutes, conveyors, and smokestacks of the
original complex (most of the elements in this scene have been
demolished). In this composition, he transformed the massive Rouge
factory into a dynamic composition of shapes, lines, and intricate
textures. It is one of his most recognized works and is considered
an icon of modern photography. |
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