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Burj Dubai construction workers photos, 23/January/2009
Burj Dubai construction workers photos, 23/January/2009
He was sitting on his makeshift porch, mending his bicycle when I approached him. He stood up warily and it was then I realized that he only came up to about my height. For a grown man, he was very short. Not quite midget sized, but he seemed squat, short-limbed and without a visible neck.
I learned later that he was from Anhui, a neighboring poor province, and was actually part of the demolition crew rather than an original resident. Only, he lived by himself rather than with the other workers in the nearby dormitory.
On closer inspection, I realized that he had built his own house entirely from surrounding scrap. Pieces of loose brick created walls, zinc plates and tarp served sturdily as a roof and basic furniture was sourced from abandoned trash.
He had even fashioned fences to enhance his residence, a luxury only available to landed property. Amusingly, the finishing touch was a main “gate” - a loose bamboo fence centerpiece he used to barricade his borrowed property when he left the house.
Not necessarily burglar-proof, but it was his little kingdom on what one would consider prime property in Shanghai. Standing but two blocks behind this shack was a tall, black and sleek condominium, facing Pudong's maniacal skyline, with apartments that started at RMB 1 million (USD 150k) a unit.
When he spoke, spittle would fly and unfortunately end up in my face. Still, he was eager to rant and rave about everything under the sun: inequality of the masses, the government, the weather and even the stray cats.
The sun was setting and I was too emotionally exhausted to listen any more. I braved a smile, swept his saliva off my face and waved him goodbye and good luck with his house and cats.
[Part of my Building China's dream series]
[Part of my Shanghai Street Stories series]
At the Hudson Yards / Manhattan West construction site off 11 Ave. near 30 st. Viewed from the High Line, July 3, 2015.
Cropped from zoom shot as close as i could get. This is first time with used Pentax DA* f2.8 50-`35mm got a half hour or so before. I did not have a polarizer with me, but for this the sun was shining almost directly into the scene.
Having hurried home earlier in the morning from the CD AIW Assemblance Rally to transfer my images to my computer when rushing back to 16/P Streets NW hoping to catch the demonstrators as they'd step-off from the First baptist Chruch in their march to the White House and in an attempt to document not only the path that I travelled but also capture the contrast between those who worked in the streets as opposed to those who protested beginning on . K between 16th and 17th Streets, NW I'd photograph men at work . NW . WDC . Monday afternoon, 26 September 2005
Elvert Xavier Barnes Street Photography
Title: White Rock Res. Cableway Tower Ready to be Raised.
Alternative Title: [White Rock Reservoir Cableway Tower Ready to be Raised]
Creator: Unknown
Date: ca. May 29, 1910-April 19, 1911
Part of: George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection
Place: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 10.5 x 16 cm
File: a2014_0020_3_5_a_0118_cablingtower.jpg
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Men After Work . Capper Carrollsburg . 4th and K Streets, SE . WDC . Wednesday afternoon, 1 March 2006
When I'd inquire of this potential subject if I may photograph him as part of my ongoing series "Men After Work" he said 'Yes'. When I'd ask where he was from he replied "... Prince Frederick MD!"
Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
A7R2_04652
The demolition for the 6th Street Bridge took place Superbowl weekend without incident. The first stage of the nine-month long demolition was to dismantle the 200 foot long section spanning over the 101 FWY. Crews worked around the clock beginning late on Friday evening, and reopening the 101 on Sunday morning.
Oriana By The Sea (Under Construction) . www.orianabythesea.com/ . El Mar Drive . Lauderdale By The Sea, FL, Thursday, 13 March 2008 . Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
Item NoveltyBridgeRoadsConstr7a, A08-065, Series 1247, Department of Transportation, Office of the Director, box 1, dvd 002, King County Archives.
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Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title: Gwaith ar y peipen o Lyn Vyrnwy i Lerpwl.
Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002)
Nodyn/Note: Image shows some of the workmen working on fourth installment of the Llyn Vyrnwy pipe line, which had been handicapped by bad weather, showing men at work covered in mud because of the terrible weather, new sections of the pipe being layed, and the work viewed from a distance. The new length at Llanrhaeadr was 5 1/2 miles, including 2 miles at Llansilin and one pipe carried 12 million gallons of water from Lake Vyrnwy to Liverpool every 24 hours.
Dyddiad/Date: December 4, 1954
Cyfrwng/Medium: Negydd ffilm / Film negative
Cyfeiriad/Reference: (gch07197)
Rhif cofnod / Record no.: 3368070
Rhagor o wybodaeth am gasgliad Geoff Charles yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
More information about the Geoff Charles Collection at the National Library of Wales