This is a REAL Mini, not that thing BMW makes now. Don't you just love the one, big, round gauge? Warsaw, IN. Mamiya RZ-67. Early 1990s.
First your eye is drawn to the "ON STRIKE" written in chalk on the steel pillar...then to the upside-down "DANGER" on plastic, near the window. The lockers standing open reinforce the work stoppage.
I can't explain what I like about this picture. Not because I don't, but I just can't explain it.
"KEEP OUT"--labeled on a door wide open--is a bit incongruous.
Hard work. Worn tools, looking like whoever walked out from work that day had no idea he'd never be back.
These hydraulic lines on presses to make asbestos brake pads look like a batch of spiders.
I'm thinking they should have used some of that paint on their own building. Warsaw, IN. Mamiya 7.
The underside of two abandoned fuel tanks. Warsaw, IN. Mamiya 7.
Quite a bit of irony, here, because it looks like the door was blown off the hinges. Warsaw, IN. Mamiya 7.
The underside of two abandoned fuel tanks. Warsaw, IN. Mamiya 7.
The underside of two abandoned fuel tanks. Warsaw, IN. Mamiya 7.
The underside of two abandoned fuel tanks. Warsaw, IN. Mamiya 7.
See photo in original gallery.