2011 reprint Fabrik: Ein Bildepos der Technik von Jak Tuggener (Factory: A Photoessay on Technology), originally published in 1943
Large format hardback in fine condition
Some very minor wear to extremities of dust jacket (in near fine condition), now in a removable protective sleeve
No internal markings
Binding firm
Text in German and English
About
Jakob Tuggeners Fabrik is considered to be a milestone in the history of photography books. The series of seventy-two photographs in this Photo Epos of Technology is oriented toward the expressionist aesthetic of the silent movie. It imparts a sceptical view of the destructive potential of unbridled tech nological progress at the time the Swiss military industry was producing weapons for World War II. Tuggeners uncompromising subjective photography and his critical attitude did not suit his time. Fabrik was not a commercial success the copies were sold at a loss and in part apparently even converted to pulp. Now the work, which has since become a sought-after classic, is being reissued as a reprint with a contemporary afterword.
