By Jordan Groff
In the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Chris Dunker, an
industrial photographer, is showcasing 21 pictures that focus on Utah's
industrial businesses and workers.
The photographs were presented on Monday and will remain in
the museum until the end of the semester. The Eccles Museum is free and open to
the public.
"My images describe industrial landscapes, machines,
architecture and interior spaces," Dunker said. "This exhibit shows
industrial fixtures related to beef processing, steel making, recreation,
aerospace and mining, to name a few."
The pictures focus on a wide variety of Logan's new and old
industrial market. Highlighting places like ICON Health and Fitness, Thermo
Fisher, Nucor Steel, and Sirtec Plastics.
"The exhibit shows how machines are getting more
complex," said Zac Watts, an engineering major at Utah State University.
"As long as these businesses keep thriving and need machines, it is more
likely that I will have a job."
While the pictures display industries in Utah that we often
look over, for those like Zac Watts and Josh Howell, it also means job
prospects after graduation.
"As I looked at the pictures it showed the potential
that Utah has for employment," said Howell, finance major at Utah State.
"It also represents all the careers that can be ahead of me right here in
Logan."
Capturing hope for a job market wasn't necessarily a goal of
Dunker when he began industrial photography, but it has been something that
students at Utah State have remarked.
"I see myself as an expressive documentary
photographer," Dunker said. "My intent as a photographer is to
clearly describe the subject in a manner that allows quick visual access as
well as a sense of size, context and function."
Even though the exhibit will close at the end of the
semester, the career options portrayed in the photographs remain available to
students in Cache valley and in Utah.
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