[Crane by water in Lübeck] 1930 - 1937

Editor: So, this is *Crane by water in Lübeck*, attributed to Laurence Feininger. It's quite small, just a few centimeters. There's something stark and industrial about it that is appealing. What is your interpretation? Curator: I find it powerful. The inverted tones of the photograph lend a ghostly quality. These cranes, these relics of industry, speak to the fraught relationship between labor, progress, and the environment. What narratives of displacement do you think this image evokes? Editor: Displacement? I hadn’t considered that. Curator: The harbor, a site of arrival and departure, of trade and exploitation. This could reflect the unacknowledged human cost hidden within the infrastructure of global capitalism. Editor: I see. It’s more than just an industrial landscape. Curator: Exactly! Art invites us to question, to dig deeper into the social and political realities embedded within it. Editor: I'll never look at industrial scenes the same way. Curator: Hopefully. That's the beginning of critical engagement.