Fotosushka: Industrial Photography

Industrial photography emerged in the late nineteenth century with the industrial revolution: at first, photographers documented steam engines, mines and factories. Later, some approached the subject as documentation and others as artistic inquiry. Lewis Hine photographed workers, often children, and his pictures helped change child labour laws. In the 1930s, Margaret Bourke-White brought documentary precision and dramatic composition to the factory floor. Bernd and Hilla Becher spent decades building a typology of water towers, blast furnaces and factories.

Industry is also about texture, rhythm, repeated lines, traces of labour and the people who make that world.

Fotosushka is a one-day show of analogue photographs, hand-printed by the photographers who took them. Each participant will show one print of up to 30×40 cm; digital prints are not accepted. Visitors will be able to talk to the photographers and swap or buy prints. If you don't have a print yet, you can make one in our darkroom.

Photographers will hang their work from 16:00; the show is open to visitors from 17:00 to 22:00.

Anyone can take part, whatever their experience. Admission is free.