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251632 - Man looking back at the camera while using a grinding/sanding machine at DePuy, Beeston
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Man looking back at the camera while using a grinding/sanding machine at DePuy, Beeston
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Man looking back at the camera while using a grinding/sanding machine at DePuy, Beeston
Man looking back at the camera while using a grinding/sanding machine at DePuy, Beeston
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DePuy Synthes, St Anthony's Rd, Beeston, Leeds LS11 8DT, United Kingdom (53°46′12″N, 1°34′11″W)
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This is a photographic negative produced by photographer Ian Beesley. This was part of a project called 'Thackray Remembered' (Thackray 2011) which was commissioned by the Thackray Medical Museum to document the closure of a Thackray factory which manufactured hip and knee replacements. It was taken over by the American company DePuy who moved production to China.
This image depicts a man sitting at a machine while wearing glasses, the DePuy uniform, gloves and an ID card. I presume he is also wearing ear plugs, since the similar machines around him seem to mandate ear protection. He is looking back at the camera, possibly caught mid-conversation with Beesley, though the wheel of the machine is still spinning. Two other similar machines can be seen to the left of him and a table can be seen adjacent to the man with more components and a bucket.
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2011
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Ian Beesley
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H.2025.11.43.7
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Ian Beesley
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Ian Beesley
Leeds
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