Far removed from advertising, where images are conceived in advance, industrial photography relies above all on the photographer’s eye, creativity and perception of places and people. That is why great photographers have worked on specific projects. Through this book the MAST Foundation aims to stimulate aesthetic and strategic reflection on the use companies make of photography, and with François Hébel, director of Les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles, it created the first Biennial of Industrial Photography: seventeen admission-free exhibitions in eleven historic venues in Bologna. For this first international edition seventeen photographers were selected who did brilliant work for companies, making it a significant part of their output; noteworthy collections and publications were also chosen, together with two photographers who documented different realities with an external eye: David Goldblatt concentrated on the work in the mines, Jacqueline Hassink on the places of business power. The Isabella Seràgnoli Foundation created the event in connection with the gallery Urs Stahel is setting up at MAST. The seventeen volumes: MAST, Industrial Worlds; Cesare Colombo, The Mirror of Industry; Gabriele Basilico, Work Places; Brian Griffin, Annual Report 1974-2013; Harry Gruyaert, Raw Materials; Massimo Siragusa, Labor Limae; David Goldblatt, On the Mines; Mark Power, Airbus A380; Freek van Arkel, Report Rotterdam; Siobhán Doran, Savoy The Restoration; Henri Cartier-Bresson, Man and Machine; Robert Doisneau, Renault; Elliott Erwitt, SCOR; Jacqueline Hassink, The Table of Power 2; W.M. Hunt, Work Force; Claude Hudelot, China under construction; Mirelle Thijsen, Company Photobooks.