Past event
Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime
Maurice Broomfield's dramatic photographs captured factories and their workers in an era of rapid transition, depicting the remnants of the industrial revolution alongside emerging technologies.
This display is now closed at V&A South Kensington
Display highlights
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Wire manufacture, Somerset Wire Company, gelatin silver print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1964, England -
Assembling a Former for a Stator, digital C-type print, by Maurice Broomfield for English Electric, 1960, printed 2007, Stafford, England -
Preparing a Warp from Nylon Yarn, British Nylon Spinners, digital C-type print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1964, printed 2007, Pontypool, Wales -
Die Casting, Qualcast Lawnmower Works, gelatin silver print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1954, printed 1995, Derbyshire, England -
Balancing a Ship Propeller, Bull’s Metal and Marine Shipyard, gelatin silver print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1956, printed 1995, Glasgow, Scotland -
Tapping a Furnace, Ford, Dagenham, digital C-type print, by Maurice Broomfield, 1954, printed 2006, Essex, England
Past events
Features
Header image:
Tapping a Furnace, Ford, Dagenham, Essex, by Maurice Broomfield, 1954, printed 2006, England. Museum no. E.3727-2007. © Estate of Maurice Broomfield