Posted 11 years ago
MarNicole
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love this!!! Iron workers piece.. heavey and big... no specific info on piece any info would be appreciated
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Posted 11 years ago
MarNicole
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love this!!! Iron workers piece.. heavey and big... no specific info on piece any info would be appreciated
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Lots of information here: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/47536-charles-c-ebbets-in-1932-the-day-he-too?in=collection-2506
Obviously Union men because nobody is working, just drawing pay.
Or ....
"It is an icon of 20th century photography and one of the world’s best selling images. The improbable tableau of eleven men on a lunch break seated on a beam 800 feet above the city of Manhattan. Taken in the worst year of the great depression, the photo captures a world without safety nets where workers calmly courted danger to survive. But look again at the image. There’s a whimsy to this domestic scene and an almost defiant insouciance to its subjects. The photograph communicates not so much a social condition to be exposed, but an attitude to be celebrated. In these eleven men at rest, but always at work, we see camaraderie, determination and daring- the very qualities needed to rebuild a broken nation. They represent the epitome of the American experience."
The CW post link that comment #1 refers too attributes this photo as by Charlie Ebbets but other sources (including wikipedia) attribute this photo to Lewis Wickes Hines.
Oh, I see update - The Corbis corporation(owner of the glass negative) is now officially returning its status to anonymous although most sources continue to credit Ebbets.
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This photo is called Lunch Atop a Skyscraper.