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At Work (1948-1978)

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At Work (1949-1978)

At Work, 1949-1978

(Set of 49 photographs)

Silver gelatin prints with selenium toning

Each 11 × 11 in (27.9 × 27.9 cm)
Ed of 7 + 3 APs

Detail from 'At Work'

Detail from 'At Work'

Detail from 'At Work'

Detail from 'At Work'

Detail from 'At Work'

Detail from 'At Work'

Detail from 'At Work'

Detail from 'At Work'

Detail from 'At Work'

Detail from 'At Work'

Industrial Photographs

Indian Airlines, 1955

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 30 in (61 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Men at work, Kumardubi, Bihar, 1968

(Bird & Company)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 30 in (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Jackhammer operator, location unknown, 1968

(Hindustan Holman)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 20 in (61 × 50.8 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Workers at a coal field, Asansol, West Bengal, 1951

(Macneill & Barry)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

20 × 24 in (50.8 × 61 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Coal miner, Asansol, West Bengal, 1951

(Macneill & Barry)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 30 in (61 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Coal wagons, Asansol, West Bengal, 1951

(Macneill & Barry)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 30 in (61 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Worker carrying a load, Palasi, West Bengal, 1964

(Palasi Sugar Mill)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 20 in (61 × 50.8 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Children carrying coal briquettes at a coal field, Dishergarh, West Bengal, 1962

(The Bengal Coal Company)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 30 in (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Workers at a coal field, Asansol, West Bengal, 1962

(The Bengal Coal Company)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 30 in (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Executives in conversation, Choudwar, Orissa, 1958

(Titagarh Paper Mills)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 20 in (61 × 50.8 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

New construction, Choudwar, Orissa, 1958

(Titagarh Paper Mills)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 30 in (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Coal being unloaded at a paper mill, Tribeni, West Bengal, 1952

(Tribeni Tissues)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 20 in (61 × 50.8 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

At work, Burnpur, West Bengal, 1950

(Indian Iron & Steel Company)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 30 in (61 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Brick factory, Kumardubi, Bihar, 1968

(Bird & Company)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 30 in (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Interior of the Barauni Oil Refinery powerhouse, Barauni, Bihar, 1964

(Bridge and Roof Company [India])

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 20 in (61 × 50.8 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Mechanic servicing air compressors at a uranium mine, Jadugora, Bihar, 1974

(Atlas Copco [India] Private Limited)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 20 in (61 × 50.8 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

At work, Dum Dum, West Bengal, 1962

(A.P.V. Engineering Company)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 24 in (76.2 × 61 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Men with a metal component, Howrah, West Bengal, 1954

(Port Engineering Works)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 30 in (61 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Welder, Calcutta, West Bengal, 1972

(Texmaco Heavy Engineering Corporation)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 30 in (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Worker at a handwheel, location unknown, 1951

(Titagarh Paper Mills)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 20 in (61 × 50.8 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Factory worker, unknown location, 1960

(Bridge and Roof Company [India])

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 24 in (76.2 × 61 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Molten steel casting inside a steel factory, Ranchi, Bihar, 1978

(Bihar Alloy Steels)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 30 in (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Welders working on industrial fans and blowers, Nadia, West Bengal, 1976

(Andrew Yule & Company)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 30 in (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Power loom worker, Shyamnagar, West Bengal, 1966

(Weaverly Jute Mill)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 20 in (61 × 50.8 cm)
Ed of 10

Industrial brick workers, Kumardubi, Dhanbad, Bihar, 1968

(Bird & Company)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

20 × 24 in (50.8 × 61 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Workers, Barauni Oil Refinery, Begusarai, Bihar, 1962

(Bridge and Roof Company [India])

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 30 in (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Uranium miner, Jadugora, Bihar, 1974

(Atlas Copco [India] Private Limited)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 30 in (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Handloom weaver, Naihati, West Bengal, 1964

(Bengal Refugee Service)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 20 in (61 × 50.8 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Salesmen, Calcutta, West Bengal, 1953

(Lucas Indian Service)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

20 × 24 in (50.8 × 61 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

At work, location unknown, 1957

(Voltas)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

20 × 24 in (50.8 × 61 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Technicians servicing diesel fuel-injection pumps, Calcutta, West Bengal, 1953

(Lucas Indian Service)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

20 × 24 in (50.8 × 61 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Air conditioner production, Volkart Brothers factory, 1952

(Volkart Brothers)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 20 in (61 × 50.8 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Routine X-ray of a miner, Dishergarh, West Bengal, 1962

(Bengal Coal Company)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 20 in (61 × 50.8 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Lab technician, Sahaganj, West Bengal, 1966

(Dunlop Rubber Company [India])

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 30 in (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Machine handler, Dum Dum, West Bengal, 1962

(East Anglia Plastics [India])

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 24 in (76.2 × 61 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Machine operators, Rourkela, Orissa, 1961

(Rourkela Steel Plant)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 30 in (61 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Hindustan Ambassador (Mark I), Uttarpara, West Bengal, 1962

(Hindustan Motors)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

30 × 30 in (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Oil refinery workers, Barauni, Bihar, 1962

(Bridge and Roof Company [India])

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 20 in (61 × 50.8 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

A Euclid truck being stevedored, unknown location, 1959

(Hindustan Motors)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 30 in (61 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

Howrah Bridge, Calcutta, c. 1950

(The Braithwaite Burn & Jessop Construction Company)

Silver gelatin print with selenium toning

24 × 30 in (61 × 76.2 cm)
Ed of 10 + 3 APs

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Assembly, 1952

Assembly, 1952

(Machinery Manufacturers Corporation Ltd., Calcutta)

(Set of 96 photographs)

Silver gelatin prints with selenium toning
Each 11 × 11 in (27.9 × 27.9 cm)
Ed of 7 + 3 APs

Detail from 'Assembly'

Detail from 'Assembly'

Detail from 'Assembly'

Detail from 'Assembly'

Detail from 'Assembly'

Detail from 'Assembly'

Detail from 'Assembly'

Detail from 'Assembly'

Detail from 'Assembly'

Detail from 'Assembly'