Inklempunt van een draagkabel op onbekende locatie in de Verenigde Staten 1936

This black and white photograph, made by Wouter Cool, shows the clamp of a cable in an unknown location in the United States. Here, Cool shows us industry and hard work. The photograph is all about labour: a monumental spool of cable, and the worker in his suit and hat operating the machinery. I imagine Cool thinking about how technology and labor come together in this moment. I wonder if he’s thinking about the future, about how engineering and technology might change the world? When I look at photographs like this, I think about how connected we are to all those who came before, those who built the world we live in. And how they were probably thinking about those who came before them too. I think Cool helps us to ask ourselves, what kind of world are we building for future generations?