Persrollers Possibly 1932

This anonymous photograph, "Persrollers," captures a factory scene, likely shot on film. I’m imagining the photographer, moving with a bulky camera through this industrial space. The light is so flat, evenly distributed, making everything clear. There’s a kind of brutal symmetry to the row of machines, all lined up like monstrous siblings doing the same thing over and over. The metal and structure remind me of the Bechers' photographs of industrial buildings. I think the photographer wants to show industry and the labour this takes. There’s a worker there in the image too. I wonder how he felt, day after day, with the machines. Maybe he found a rhythm. Maybe there was a beauty in it, for him.