Today the photo prompt inspired me to look through Flickr Commons for photos of welders.

Tynew & Wear Archives & Museum, Welder, 1960

Library of Congress, Welder, 1963
Welder making aluminum furniture
I actually would like to learn to weld. I’ve heard that women often make good welders.
If you want to see more welding-inspired photos, click here.
There’s something primal and mythical about welding. Like Vulcan at his forge, molten metalwork seems magical.
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I agree. It looks so forceful and as you say ‘primal.’
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Nice direct take on the prompt!
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It’s certainly a prompt that could be poetically interpreted, but I found these powerful.
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There’s welding going on next door to us right now, as part of a building renovation. Good photo finds!
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