By These Hands: Portraits from the Factory Floor

by Peter Rachleff and David L. Parker

These starkly beautiful photographs document the daily life and labor of blue-collar workers in modern America. From a foundry in which the very fires of hell seem to blast to an air-conditioned computer control room in which the workers appear casual and comfortable, David Parker's lens captures what Peter Rachleff calls "a performance, a ritual, an exercise centuries ol""—men and women at work on factory floors. These photographs, taken in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873514424
• ISBN13: 9780873514422
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.3" x 9.5"