Power House Mechanic Working On Steam Pump by Lewis Hine Colorized 20170701
by Wingsdomain Art and Photography
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Power House Mechanic Working On Steam Pump by Lewis Hine Colorized 20170701
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Wingsdomain Art and Photography
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Photograph - Colorized Photograph
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Power House Mechanic Working On Steam Pump by Lewis Hine Colorized 20170701
Lewis Hine's 1920 "Power house mechanic working on steam pump", one of his "work portraits", shows a working class American in an industrial setting. The carefully posed subject, a young man with wrench in hand, is hunched over, surrounded by the machinery that defines his job. But while constrained by the machinery (almost a metal womb), the man is straining against it - muscles taut, with a determined look - in an iconic representation of masculinity. -wikipedia
Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 - November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and photographer. Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States.
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power, the development of machine tools and the rise of the factory system. Textiles were the dominant industry of the Industrial Revolution in terms of employment, value of output and capital invested; the textile industry was also the first to use modern production methods. -wikipedia
Colorized historic photographs enhance and refine the original black and white pictures, and make them come to live, giving them a new visual perspective. Each black and white photograph is professionally “painted” with the brilliance of color that’s perfect for the modern home, office, and any other space that’s prime for the art of colorful nostalgia.
“For images where the subject is a person as in the “Power House Mechanic Working On Steam Pump” image, I generally start by coloring the person, and more precisely the person’s head. Again, every element is a color layer. The skin is a layer. Sometimes, I even separate skin into head, hands, and feet layers, and if there are multiple people in the picture, they may also require separate skin layers depending on their ethnicity, etc. If the fingernail or toenail is showing, they would be on a different layer – look at your fingernail or toenail now, they are not the same as your skin color! Hair is a different layer, eyeballs are a different layer, lips are a different layer, eyebrows may be a different layer than the general hair layer. In effect, every element or set of similar elements should be placed in a separate color layer…..The “Power House Mechanic Working On Steam Pump” image has only 35 layers. My current colorized photo with the most layers used is the one I did for “Bandit’s Roost” by Jacob Hine, that one took 103 layers!….”
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July 1st, 2017
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