Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Worker at carbon black plant

Worker at carbon black plant

Reason: Iconic image, and if it isn't it should be. A worker in a carbon black plant in Sunray, Texas (dated 1942).
Articles this image appears in: Carbon (illustrating "precautions", which talks about working in/with carbon black), Sunray, Texas, Carbon black, John Vachon
Creator: John Vachon

Support as nominator --Michel Vuijlsteke (talk) 15:39, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support de Bivort 22:35, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Enormous EV. Ceranthor 13:40, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support but the harsh light makes it hard to see. Donama (talk) 00:29, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Really bad lighting. Also not sold on the EV. Makeemlighter (talk) 05:47, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Rare color documentation of labor conditions before modern safety regulations were fully implemented. Unusually good textures for a color photo. Durova^Charge! 20:45, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I've been thinking about this one for some time. The EV is unquestionably great, but as mentioned earlier, the lack of lighting significantly reduces its overall value. Too much of the image's detail is simply lacking or not visible at all due to this. -- matt3591 ^T^C 22:27, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support: I'm going to have to agree with Ceranthor and Durova on this. While the lighting is not as good as it should be, this is definitely a good picture with extremely high EV. Its showing just how the average work done by these workers take its toll on facial features and coloration. Synergy 00:27, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support in spite of lighting concerns. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 21:51, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Adam (talk) 02:22, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Yet again I find myself wondering where the (enormous, unquestionably great) EV is. Sunray, Texas: doesn't tell us anything about the town, so no EV. Carbon: it's supposed to illustrate "precautions"; well, that section isn't really about precautions, and this picture doesn't tell me anything the section doesn't or explain anything that the section does say. Carbon black:okay, so this guy works at a carbon black plant...how does that make this picture illustrate carbon black? John Vachon: this is probably where the picture has the most EV. But it's still not a tremendous amount. So, maybe there's a little EV in each of four articles. But it says in the criteria, "An image has more encyclopedic value if it contributes strongly to a single article, rather than contributes weakly to many." Anyone have thoughts on this? Makeemlighter (talk) 06:34, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with you, Makeemlighter, this has artistic value but it's not illustrating the articles. The picture hints at possibly harsh working conditions and long-term damage, but that isn't the subject of the articles it is in. Maedin\^talk 17:46, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I like the lighting, but it doesn't really leave much of an image from an encyclopaedia point of view. Noodle snacks (talk) 11:37, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No consensus MER-C 07:45, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]