Events Listing
MADE IN AMERICA, installed on the 6th floor of the Fairchild-Martindale Library, is a photographic celebration of how things are made, honoring the workers who bring craft, passion, and technological savvy to American manufacturing.
For the past ten years, photographer Christopher Payne has embarked on a photographic journey to learn more about American manufacturing and the industries that built this country. He has gained access to a world that continues to thrive but is often hidden from view.
In MADE IN AMERICA, Payne shows us an astonishing range of how things are made, from yarn in a traditional New England textile mill to a rocket made with a giant 3-D printer—and every sort of manufacturing in between. From the tip of a pencil to the sleek lines of a wind turbine, diverse forms of manufacturing—some very small and others incredibly large—are revealed as examples of human ingenuity and often, unexpectedly, as instances of great beauty.
MADE IN AMERICA celebrates the factory not only as a site of innovation, but as a place where, in an increasingly divided society, a diverse group of people—young and old, skilled and unskilled, recent immigrants and veteran employees—still come together to work toward a common goal. These photographs honor the workers who bring craft, passion, and technological savvy to American manufacturing.
Christopher Payne specializes in architectural and industrial photography. Trained as an architect, he is fascinated by design, assembly, and the built form. He is the author of New York’s Forgotten Substations: The Power Behind the Subway; Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals; North Brother Island: The Last Unknown Place in New York City; and Making Steinway: An American Workplace. His work has been featured in publications around the world, with frequent special presentations by the New York Times Magazine.
Sponsored by The Friends of the Lehigh University Libraries.
With their ability to fly, they evoke feelings of whimsy and wonder. Modern day birding has its roots in the work of citizen scientists dating back centuries and backyard bird counts continue to expand our knowledge.
The study of birds has both aided science and been assisted by technology. In aviation, birds have informed the design of commercial and military aircraft. The availability of apps that aid in identifying bird calls and songs has advanced the way we listen to and understand the birds in our own backyards.
The Libraries Special Collections opened an exhibit on the first floor of Linderman Library showing works featuring birds that have been the subject of worship, observation, scientific study, and narratives throughout time. The Feathers and Folios exhibit brings together examples of works by John Gould, John James Audubon, Hans Christian Andersen, and others featuring imagery and stories of birds. Over time, bird artists supplemented the historical scientific record with their artistry and writings, acquiring knowledge gained from the surveys and observations of everyday citizen scientists is proof that anyone can make a contribution to the field of ornithology.
Reshaping Bird Conservation with AI: A Talk with Dr. Miyoko Chu
Save the date! Please join the Friends of the Lehigh University Libraries on November 6th for “Hope is the Thing with Feathers: How Bird Watchers and AI are Reshaping How We See and Conserve Birds,” a talk by Dr. Miyoko Chu, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Dr. Chu will look at the future of bird conservation and share how digital information platforms, AI technology, and bird enthusiasts are generating unprecedented data and insight into bird species around the world—with the hope of saving them while there is still time.