Title from caption on object: “The Shipbreakers”

1972

Horst Faas

Associated Names
Horst Faas

Artist, German, 1933 - 2012

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a photograph of an industrial scrapyard. The image shows a landscape filled with scrap metal and industrial debris. In the foreground, there are metal beams and various mechanical components on the ground. The atmosphere appears hazy. In the background, large structures and cranes suggest a shipyard or port. The composition conveys a sense of labor and industrial activity amidst discarded materials.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.2 × 26.9 cm (7 9/16 × 10 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.4 × 28 cm (8 1/16 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.583

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, bottom center printed in black ink on applied paper inverted: CAUTION! WATCH FOR RELEASE DATE! [underlined] / AP NEWSFEATURES PHOTO / F-9957 PLEASE CREDIT / (For use Sunday, June 4, with Leonard / Pratt's Taipei APN story on Taiwan.) / PHOTOGRAPHED BY HORST FAAS / THE SHIPBREAKERS / Taiwan's children are not required to / attend school -- many go to work as soon / as they're old enough to help with a cut- / ting torch in a steelyard. Here, a steel- / cutter stands by with his torch, while a / young boy takes a hand with the job in the / world's largest shipbreaking yard at Kao / Hsiung in southern Taiwan. The yard / breaks up nearly 200 large oceangoing / ships a year. / jb-5/17/72 sil235

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