Art, Symbol & Imagination
Mechanophobia: the human face among gears
An oversized face appears between meshing gears, wheels and mechanical shafts, while much smaller people occupy the surrounding machinery. Repeated circles and sharp teeth fill nearly every opening. The source caption Mechanophobia connects the composition to the book’s sequence of named fears.
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John Vassos. "Mechanophobia: the human face among gears" [editorial title]. In Phobia, John Vassos. Selected illustrations, undated edition. Source scan leaf 14. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0678-0014
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John Vassos. Mechanophobia: the human face among gears. Phobia. Scan leaf 14. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0678-0014