Schuylkill Co-Generation Plant and Arsenal Bridge, Philadelphia, PA, 2018.All the pixels, none of the electricity, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/42#photography

A mid-century power plant, with four prominent smokestacks, at left across a small river. At right, a railroad drawbridge crosses the river, with a freight train slowly streaking across.
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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

Power plants are often regarded as utilitarian eyesores, and are rarely (generally under public pressure) built to look beautiful or interesting, (London's Battersea Power Station was an exception). Generally, like here, any beauty to be found is accidental, a direct consequence of interesting form happening to follow from function.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

    Arguably, given the health and environmental effects of things like power plants, perhaps they should be ugly. But ugliness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.In any case, if you like this kind of stuff, let me strongly recommend the work of Hilla and Bernd Becher. fraenkelgallery.com/artists/be

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