WGBH Lab | Sandbox | Work

Pump Jack Between Earth and Sky

scottyhh81 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:41:06 -0500

Beauty , Heat , Work

A pump jack works, caught between the beige earth and cerulean sky.

Smokestack Silhouette

scottyhh81 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:24:49 -0500

Heat , History , Work

The sun dazzles in the sky as exhaust wisps lazily from two smokestacks.

Coal Burning Smokestacks

scottyhh81 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:22:44 -0400

Heat , Work

The sun dazzles in the sky as exhaust wisps lazily from two smokestacks.

Dusky Coal and Verdant Hills

scottyhh81 — Thu, 2 Oct 2008 12:17:23 -0400

Beauty , Heat , Work

A bridge and dark ironwork stand above a dusky pile of coal, starkly contrasting with a train rumbling across a verdant hill beyond.

Splashes of Sparks

kdorwart — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:24:09 -0400

Beauty , Motion , Work

In a Russian steelworks, embers with trails pelt the floor like hot rain. Splashes of molten iron explode like fireworks, and glow. Verkh-Isetsky, Russia. 3/22/1995.

Copyright: WGBH Educational Foundation
3.4 MB

Pump Jack and Winking Sun

scottyhh81 — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:44:11 -0400

Beauty , Heat , Work

The sun beams down from a cobalt sky wisped with clouds, flashing through the horse head of a pump jack.

Smokestack: Close-Up

scottyhh81 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:21:07 -0400

Heat , Work

Close-up of the top of a smokestack, belching exhaust into the clear blue sky.

Smoothing a Column

pgdesai — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:23:44 -0400

Beauty , Motion , Work

A close up of a stone carver's chisel shows him smoothing the outer layer of a molded column. Excerpted from the BUILDING BIG series.

Steel Mill Furnace

kdorwart — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:22:01 -0400

Beauty , Heat , Work

Flames and billows and plumes of orange smoke rise from the furnace of a Russian steel works, as orange glowing molten steel pours from troughs at each side. Verkh-Isetsky, Russia. 3/22/1995.

Copyright: WGBH Educational Foundation
3.3 MB

Nubian Fishermen on the Nile

kdorwart — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:24:14 -0400

Motion , Places , Work

In silhouette, two fishermen pass through the frame of gem-sparkling water of the Nile River; one rows and the other winds his line. Egypt. 5/19/1999.

Copyright: WGBH Educational Foundation
3.2 MB