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Between 1925 and 1938 Hoppé took frequent trips to Germany. The images he made there are among the most powerful industrial photographs ever made. Deeply affected by the country’s industrial buildup, he created a body of work with unprecedented psychological charge, examining the country’s burgeoning manufacturing base and the people who shaped it. Ever mindful of the militarism inherent in the enterprise and impressed by the sociological implications of working in mechanized landscapes, these pictures convey a broad, philosophical discomfort with the relationship between man and machine.

Dortmund, 1928	Berlin, 1925	Dortmund, 1928	Near Hildesheim, 1928
Nürnberg, 1928	Dortmund, 1928	Walchensee, 1928	Berlin, 1928
Nürnberg, 1928	Dortmund, 1928	Dortmund, 1928	Berlin, 1925
Berlin, 1928	Tyres, 1928	Dessau, 1928	Düsseldorf, 1937
Würzburg, 1925	Berlin, 1934	Berlin, 1925	Leipzig, 1938

Emil Otto Hoppé: Unveiling A Secret—Industrial Photography 1912-1937, curated by Urs Stahel, MAST Foundation, Bologna, Italy, January 21 – May 3, 2015

E.O. Hoppé: The German Work, 1925–1938, by Phillip Prodger (Steidl, 2015)