Documenting the inner workings of America’s manufacturing industry, architectural and industrial photographer Christopher Payne has dedicated his career to capturing the skilled workers and complex machinery that bring everyday objects into being.
Coinciding with a large-scale exhibition of his work at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, director Xhosa Fray-Chinn follows Payne in a quiet meditation on making for the short documentary Made in America – The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne. Visiting three American factories – Alstom in Hornell, NY, General Pencil in Jersey City, NJ, and Steinway Pianos in Queens, NY – Payne reflects on the intersection between human and machine, and the careful craftsmanship and intricate hand processes hidden from public view… read more at nowness.com
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