Pencil production in New Jersey and the fabrication of massive turbines for wind power in North Dakota feature in this roundup of American industrial facilities photographed by Christopher Payne.
Payne has spent the last decade exploring factories in America, ranging from "traditional industries" like wool carders to the production of contemporary technological machines that he says are often "hidden from view".
His reasons for creating Made in America stem from the lack of awareness of where products come from, and from American manufacturing "making a comeback" after Covid-19.
"Most people I know have never set foot in a factory," said Payne. "Decades of global outsourcing and a flood of cheap imports have decimated sectors of American manufacturing and hollowed out once-thriving communities." "Yet, we still live in a physical world, and we surround ourselves with material things, and many of these things are still made in America. As environmental concerns and the pandemic have become urgent wake-up calls for us to rethink global supply chains, US manufacturing is making a comeback."

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The book includes close-up photography gathered from Payne's personal exploration and editorial commissions and has an introduction from British author Simon Winchester.
Payne said that he wanted to pres...