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Three days after the massive Golden Spike Sesquicentenial celebration at the Golden Spike National Historic Site in Promontory Utah workers are taking down all of the temporary infrastructure. The tie commemorating the location of the Golden Spike is on the track near the center of the image -- the slightly smaller, very smooth and finighed railroad tie.
Construction work is going on busily even though the setting sun spreads his golden rays signaling it is time to go home. Unlike the sun, men have their hectic schedule and long hours of work. This is an everyday scene I see here but this day the ball of flame made a beautiful silhouette scene.
I borrowed my husband's Sony DSC-HX50V and took this shot from my terrace.
Truck Thursday
The Hydro workers are replacing a pole. I must agree with Cindy below, the poles do look like they aren't in great shape!
Detail of building being rehabiliitated in the Casco Viejo (old town) district of Panama City, Panama.
You will find them below the bridge that goes over the railroad track in Clifton. They are turning mud into adobe bricks the high tech way. It involves dirt, water, a couple of other ingredients, some specialized machinery, the right weather, and a whole lot of hard work.*
*shot for an article assignment for the Grand Valley Magazine
Maybe because I grew up nearby a large industrial area ... or maybe because I have had several jobs in the harbour or on a business or industrial site, but I love to roam in such areas.
Sometimes it seems to be so silent like nothing much is happening .. occasionally a car or truck, otherwise you see little.
But knowing that inside all these halls, sheds and offices is so much activity going on, even though it's hardly visible from the outside; that makes it an exciting area to me.
So yesterday I walked on such a terrain in our town. I went through the gate of this big tire company.
The tires itself were also large, sometimes just as big as me.
I thought it was beautiful.
The boy on that cart found out, sooner than me, that the gate had already been closed and had to 'free' me.
Or had to chase me away
Construction workers have always fascinated me. Working in all kinds of weather and at heights that make me sick just to think of how high. The geometric lines and shapes really lend themselves to a papercut and I hope that this will be an ongoing series of papercuts of Men at work.
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Fais pas le c.. Jeannot ! Quand je te dis stop , tu arrêtes de percer !
A Martel (Lot).
Le travail c 'est la santé :
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The launchi of a gondola from Squero di San Trovasio, one of the few remaining gondola yards in Venice.
buried alive. . . .
well we survived our little talk at the Irish Photographic Federation's National Shields and my Face Down Tuesday shot's went down a storm. all hail the might Face Down Tuesday now let all get on our bellies and give thanks :~)
and i've got to say a big thank you to Barry and Cathal for being such good sports, you guys rock :~)
Shot in August 1969 with a Pentax S1a on a trip to Zanzibar while working in Tanzania. Forgotten photos that bring back pleasant memories. Scanned on a Nikon Coolscan 8000 with small Photoshop "fixes."
In 1955, the specialized machines were scarce. Here, the old road is removed with a long crowbar, wielded by five men!
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En 1955, les engins de travaux publics étaient rares. Ici, l'ancienne chaussée est défoncée avec une longue barre à mine, maniée par cinq hommes !
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Extrait de l'ouvrage "Tentative de reconstitution d'un Paris-Dakar" …
"Je quitte la ville par la Route de Tolède. La chaussée est en réfection. Les rails du tramway restent en place pour assurer le trafic des voyageurs. La route est en pente douce. Un groupe de cinq terrassiers s’acharne à extraire une grosse plaque de ciment. Quatre sont en équilibre sur une barre à mine et font levier pour soulever le bloc, le cinquième les retient du mieux qu’il peut … Ce cliché, car la scène est décrite à partir d’une photo, illustre la précarité des travaux publics avant l’avènement des engins motorisés. La pelle, la pioche, la brouette, la barre à mine et … la sueur …"
BoD Editions. 246 pages. 14,99€ version papier.
www.bod.fr/librairie/tentative-de-reconstitution-dun-pari...