Albert Renger-Patszch’s 1930 #Hamburg dossier. The German #NewObjectivity in port, after Fritz Schumacher laments that Hamburg has never had a poet.

Shots of drydock include SS Europa shortly before its 4 day Blue Riband crossing

Some fine port snaps, like the crane here, for César Domela’s photomontage.

Most of the human presence is dwarfed by the monumental infrastructure—except a lone portrait of a blonde Hafenarbeiter #dockworker

#maritime #maritimemodernism #maritimehistory #intosteam