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Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime

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  • On now until Sunday, 6 November 2022

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Maurice Broomfield's dramatic photographs captured factories and their workers in an era of rapid transition, depicting the remnants of the industrial revolution alongside emerging technologies.

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Vintage gelatin silver print of manufacturing process taking place. Sparks fly from the machine which a man is standing at
Wire manufacture, Somerset Wire Company, gelatin silver print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1964, England. Museum no. E.3755-2007. © Estate of Maurice Broomfield
A colour photograph of a female worker wearing white looking upon a wooden wheel.
Assembling a Former for a Stator, digital C-type print, by Maurice Broomfield for English Electric, 1960, printed 2007, Stafford, England. Museum no. E.3731-2007. © Estate of Maurice Broomfield
A colour photograph of a female worker with a red headscarf operating weaving machinery
Preparing a Warp from Nylon Yarn, British Nylon Spinners, digital C-type print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1964, printed 2007, Pontypool, Wales. Museum no. E.3730-2007. © Estate of Maurice Broomfield
A worker handling machinery. A container is suspended in the foreground out of which molten liquid is poured.
Die Casting, Qualcast Lawnmower Works, gelatin silver print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1954, printed 1995, Derbyshire, England. Museum no. E.3745-2007. © Estate of Maurice Broomfield
A silver gelatin print of a worker handling a ship's propeller
Balancing a Ship Propeller, Bull’s Metal and Marine Shipyard, gelatin silver print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1956, printed 1995, Glasgow, Scotland. Museum no. E.3733-2007. © Estate of Maurice Broomfield
A worker with an iron rod supervising the production of molten metal from a blast furnace. Horizontal with oranges and greens
Tapping a Furnace, Ford, Dagenham, digital C-type print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1954, printed 2006, Essex, England. Museum no. E.3727-2007. © Estate of Maurice Broomfield
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Background image: Tapping a Furnace, Ford, Dagenham, Essex, by Maurice Broomfield, 1954, printed 2006, England. Museum no. E.3727-2007. © Estate of Maurice Broomfield