Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Introduction to industrial photography |
| 2 | Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851 (1852) |
| Industrial design |
| 3 | Introduction to Industrial design |
| Humanity and the machine |
| 4 | Lewis W. Hine: Power house mechanic working on steam pump |
| 5 | Lewis W. Hine: Coal mines |
| 6 | Lewis W. Hine: Cotton mills |
| Albert Renger-Patzsch |
| 7 | Albert Renger-Patzsch: Machine parts |
| 8 | Albert Renger-Patzsch: Ruhrchemie factory, Oberhausen-Holten, Germany |
| 9 | Albert Renger-Patzsch: Schubert & Salzer - Textile machinery - Ingolstadt |
| W. Eugene Smith |
| 10 | W. Eugene Smith: The Pittsburgh Project |
| Robert Yarnell Ritchie |
| 11 | Robert Yarnall Ritchie: Commercial Modernist |
| Health and safety |
| 12 | Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (25 March 1911) |
| 13 | Robert Doisneau: Health and safety |
| Environmental issues |
| 14 | The landscapes of industry |
| Globalization issues |
| 15 | Allan Sekula: Fish Story |
| Hunting for raw materials |
| 16 | Charles H. Shute & Son (Edgartown, Mass.): Stereoscopic Views of a Whaling Voyage |
| Industrial sites |
| 17 | Henri-Victor Regnault: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory |
| 18 | H.T. Clauder: Scenery in and around Bethlehem, Pa. [Series] |
| 19 | Timothy O'Sullivan: The mines of Nevada (ca. 1868) |
| 20 | J.C. Burrow: Mongst Mines and Miners; or Underground scenes by flash-light (1893) |
| 21 | Darius Kinsey: Forestry and logging in the American North-West (1906-1940) |
| 22 | Darius Kinsey: Stereoviews of logging in to American North-West |
| 23 | Mannesmannröhrenwerke A. G., Komotau. 1888-1925; Neuanlagen und Umbauten, ab 1920 (ca. 1929) |
| 24 | Margaret Bourke-White: Otis Steel Co. (1928-1929) |
| 25 | Unidentified photographer: Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Car repair shop |
| 26 | Alexander Rodchenko: AMO Plant - Automobile Moscow Society, now ZIL (1929) |
| 27 | Peter Keetman: Volkswagen Factory, Wolfsburg (1953) |
| 28 | Roger Mayne: Wapping |
| 29 | Bernd & Hilla Becher: Typologies |
| 30 | Chen Jiagang: The Great Third Front |
| 31 | Edward Burtynsky: Quarries |
| 32 | Edward Burtynsky: China |
