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His photographs are recognized for their uniquely modern design elements, humanist strain, and their contribution to the documentation of the rebirth of British industry in the post war era.","physicalDescription":"A silver gelatin print of a worker controlling a paper press, overseeing the process of making paper.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Broomfield, Maurice","id":"A25870"},"association":{"text":"photographer","id":"x43821"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver gelatin print","categories":[{"text":"Photographs","id":"THES48910"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2012FE9493"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLF","id":"THES49656"},"free":"","case":"DR","shelf":"13","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"photograph","id":"AAT46300"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":"Bowater Paper Company, Thames Mill, Northfleet"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1960","earliest":"1960-01-01","latest":"1960-12-31"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"PROV.15692:4-2018","id":"O1464300"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"Given by the artist","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"609","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"paper","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"504","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"paper","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Signed by Maurice Broomfield, dated 1960. 6/25","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Photograph by Maurice Broomfield, 'Paper Making', 1960, gelatin silver print","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"Maurice Broomfield: Photographs, published by Foto8, 2009","free":"<u>Plate 3. Paper Making</u>\r\n\"The first paper mill in England was established in the 15th century. Machinery developed in 1798 speeded up the process and enabled newsprint to be made. Wood pulp, looking like porridge, supported on fast moving webs, is dried and changed into paper, as seen in this picture, in a few minutes. This is most dramatic, hence the strong lighting.\"\r\nBowater Paper Company, Thames Mill, Northfleet, 1960"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"},{"text":"machinery","id":"AAT24839"},{"text":"worker","id":"AAT25886"}],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"industrial location","id":"AAT55466"},{"text":"workplace","id":"AAT259547"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"<b>Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime, Gallery 100 (2021-2022)</b>\n\nPaper Making\r\nand page from job reference book\r\n1960\n\r\nBroomfield’s work serves as a record of changes in long-established industries due to new developments in technology. Here, the strong lighting and low angle highlight the scale of the machinery used to make newspapers in massive quantities and at high speed. Through back-lighting the scene and use of diagonal perspective, Broomfield also leads the eye to the figure in the background overseeing the operation. The job reference book page shows differing aspects of the paper company’s production.\r\n\nPaper Making\r\nBowater Paper Company, Thames Mill, Northfleet\r\n1960\r\nGelatin silver print, printed 1995\r\nMuseum no. E.3732-2007\n\r\nPage from job reference book\r\nAbout 1960\r\nGelatin silver prints\r\nGiven by the artist\r\nMuseum no. AAD/2010/13/188","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}},{"text":"Broomfield made his name as the premier photographer of post-war British industry.  From the 1950s until the 70s he was regularly commissioned by companies such as English Electric, Ford, Shell and Philips.\n\nBroomfield sought to elevate the figure of the worker.  Through careful composition and strong lighting his photographs create a sense of the drama and atmosphere of labour.  As manufacturing has turned to cheaper markets overseas, these photographs serve as a reminder of an important moment in Britain's industrial history.","date":{"text":"20/03/2012","earliest":"2012-03-20","latest":"2012-03-20"}}],"partNumbers":["E.3732-2007"],"accessionNumberNum":"3732","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":2007,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"Negative number","id":"THES50273"},"number":"M962-7"}],"copyNumber":"6/25","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-03-17","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-08","availableToBook":false}}