1. Shaped by Fire: Photographers stories of access to steel mills and other industrial sites By Howard Bossen Eric Freedman Julie Mianecki School of Journalism, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824 USA

2. Conference on Media Culture: Art. Communication, Technologies Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas, Lithuania April 12, 2012

3. Figure 1, Hugo van Werden, German 8-panel panorama of the Kruppsche Gußstahlfabrik (Krupp Steel Works), 1864 Albumen prints, Historische Archiv Krupp, Essen, Germany

4. Figure 2, Margaret Bourke-White, American, c. 1928, Self-portrait, Otis Steel Mill, Cleveland, Ohio, Sepia-toned gelatin silver print Margaret Bourke-White Archive Syracuse University Library

5. Figure 3, Margaret Bourke-White, American, 1930, Bourke-White with Russian assistants, assistant on left holds her view camera while the one on the right holds her film camera. Margaret Bourke-White Archive, Syracuse University Library

6. Figure 4, Margaret Bourke-White, American, 1930, Iron Puddler, Red October Rolling Mill, Stalingrad, USSR, Gelatin Silver print Margaret Bourke-White Archive Syracuse University Library

7. Figure 5, Peter Nyblom, Swedish, 19?? Untitled portrait from Fagersta, Sweden steel plant Gelatin silver print Courtesy of the photographer

8. Figure 6, Philipp Rittermann, Peruvian-born American, 1985, Interior of the Exxon Valdez Archival pigment print on Baryta paper Courtesy of the photographer

9. Figure 7, Jamey Stillings, American, April 28, 2009, Arizona Arch Segment from The Bridge at Hoover Dam, Digital print Courtesy of the photographer Evening view of the Arizona arch segment from the dam. Transmission towers between the dam and bridge support power lines coming from the powerhouse out of the canyon.

10. Figure 8, Stéphane Couturier, French, 2000, Seoul Yoido Dong #1, C-print Musée de la Photographie Charleroi, Belgium

11. Figure 9, Edward Burtynsky, Canadian, 2005, Bao Steel #2, Shanghai, China Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University

12. Figure 10, Catherine Yass, British, 1996, Steel: Hot Strip Mill Ilfachrome transparency light box

13. Figure 11, Michael Schultz, American, 2007, Cutter, AmeriCast Technologies, Amite Foundry & Machine Digital print, Courtesy of the photographer

14. Figure 12, Uwe Niggemeier, German, 2007, Latrobe Specialty Steel, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Changing the AOD-vessel Analog film, digital ink jet print Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University

15. Figure 13, Mark Perrott, American, 1981, Eliza, Fallen Furnace Selenium-toned gelatin silver print Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

16. Figure 14, Bernard Bay, Belgium, 1983, [Worker in Hat and Goggles] Gelatin silver print Musée de la Photographie Charleroi, Belgium

17. Figure 15, Theo Anderson, American, 2005, Number 2 Machine Shop, from the series Wheres Joe?, The Ghost of Bethlehem Steel Pigment print, Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University

18. Contact: Howard Bossen, bossen@msu.edu Eric Freedman, freedma5@msu.edu Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan, USA