Rebirth of an Icon
Tag: construction worker
Concrete Action
Every time we think the frightfully loud building work outside our windows may be done, something new comes along.
Out my Window
The construction never ends at the Brightwells Yard building site, originally scheduled for completion years ago. Pave the path, then come back and tear it up; turf the green, then dig it up hunting for a pipe; repave the path, then dig it up again to lay new conduit. It would be a comedy worthy of Laurel and Hardy were it not for incessant noise of rotary saws cutting through the macadam and jackhammers driving us out of our home.
Shadow
Given the strong shadow against the building, I thought this might make a good black and white image. But it turns out I prefer the colour version.
Construction
I shot this looking out the window because I liked the geometry of it. The men were about to dig up a lot of the brick so they could lay some conduit along the base of the building, then cover it all up again. I thought of it as a black and white image at the time because of the strong shadows and the triangle formed by the two men and the circle of conduit in the lower left.
Surveyor of All
On the Grid
You Talkin’ to Me?
Hard Hat Break
Embankment Break
Mother Nature
From Westminster Abbey we proceeded along Broad Sanctuary to Parliament Street and Whitehall. Click any image (in your browser) to see them all enlarged.
A Couple of Real Dollies
Cubs Thumbs Up
Scaffold Portrait
Why Do People Hate New York?
Lunch Break
Crew
Dayglow Construction Break
Cleaning up the Collision
I asked what had happened and they explained to me about the car accident that had happened at 3:00 am: a car had careened wildly out of control up the the sidewalk, taking out the bus shelter and smashing things up generally. I was told they had already cleaned up extensively and I’d missed the opportunity to take great pictures.
A Break
