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Lorenz Kienzle | |
| exhibition | The Hat Factory | |
| venue | Kemble Gallery | |
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| All photographs on this website are copyright the photographers and must not be reproduced without their permission |
| This powerful reportage work documents the final stages of the decline of a traditional industry in the former East German town of Gruben. Now better known for its right wing movement and the death of an Algerian worker in 2000, the town's hat making industry goes back nearly 180 years and in 1922 employed 20,000 people. These images, produced with a large format camera, show the last factory with its ten employees just before its closure. Although documenting industrial processes in a cavernous decaying old building, these rich, almost lyrical, images address the loss of craftsmanship and tradition. |
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