Medewerkers en machines van de Wolseley Motor Company in de Ward End Works, de fabriek in Birmingham 1932

F.R. Logan made this photograph of the Wolseley Motor Company workers and machines somewhere in Birmingham. Look at this image! I feel like I am in the factory with all the workers. As a painter, the image feels so dense, it has a rich, dark, tonal quality. The repetition is amazing; the same shapes and tones repeating again and again create a rhythm within the image. I imagine the photographer, Logan, trying to capture a sense of the place, the labor, the people, and the light all at once. What was it like to be there, on that day, trying to capture that moment? There’s a formal aspect to it; the photo becomes a kind of grid. Yet it is the human presence that gives it life and provides a sense of scale. It’s a beautiful document of the everyday. I feel a deep connection with the many photographers and artists over time who are moved to document the world.