Hew Charles Torrance: Capturing Pittsburgh’s Industrial Soul Hew Charles Torrance (1859 – 1931) remains a curiously elusive figure in the annals of American photography, largely obscured by his signature on the lower corners of stunning images depicting Pittsburgh's industrial landscape and burgeoning neighborhoods. For decades, he existed primarily as “H.C. Torrance,” a name etched onto catalogue cards at Carnegie Museums of Art—a te…