The Worker and the Machine

Fábrica Pozuelo1964Francisco Coto

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Historical note

Francisco Coto frequently photographed workers within the spaces where they carried out their work, integrating portraiture into his documentation of the country’s industrial transformation. Taken in 1964 at Pozuelo’s new plant in La Uruca, this photograph uses framing to establish a close relationship between the worker and the machinery.

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single personunposedworkinglow-angle viewclose-upstrong perspectivefrozen motionselective focusdynamismmodernization

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