Remembering the Space Age. - Black Vault Radio Network (BVRN)

exaMINING the ICONIC aND reDISCOVerING the phOtOGraphY Of 295
SpaCe expLOratION IN CONtext tO the hIStOrY Of phOtOGraphY
Swinging Valve for Supersonic Wind Tunnel: 1956. (NASA Lewis Research Center)
image depicts a nameless engineer in context to an imposing structure designed
and built during the early years of space exploration.
In exploring the documentation of people and their industrial achievements,
and focusing on the signifcant body of work made at the former NaSa
Lewis research Center, I cannot ignore the work of the New York City photographer
eugene de Salignac. De Salignac was a New York City civil servant
and the sole photographer of New York City’s Department of bridges/plant
and Structures from 1906 through 1934. During that period, he made over
20,000 glass plate negatives that documented the evolving infrastructure of