Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought this might be of interest to our SF friends. A bit rough technically, but all in all a competent shooter. Slobodan Dimitrov "Joseph A. Blum" wrote: > > DEAR FRIENDS, > > YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE OPENING RECEPTION OF MY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT: > > WORKING IRON FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO SHANGHAI: CONSTRUCTING HIGH RISES AND > GIANT CONTAINER CRANES > > FRIDAY JULY 5 5-10 PM > SOUTH OF MARKET CULTURAL CENTER > 934 BRANNAN STREET AT 8TH > SAN FRANCISCO, CA > > > Last Friday, June 14, 2002, four giant container cranes passed the > massive steel structures that dominate the Bay Area's skyline--the Golden > Gate Bridge, San Francisco's skyscrapers and the Bay Bridge--bound for the > Port of Oakland. The largest of their kind in the world, these cranes were > manufactured in China and will play a vital role in loading and unloading > cargo in the Bay Area for decades to come. > > The black and white images in this exhibit, go behind the scenes and > document, from the workers' perspective, how the skyscrapers and giant > cranes are constructed. I spent a month in China this spring at the crane > manufacturing facilities and for the last few years i have been documenting > how local ironworkers have been adding to the San Francisco skyline and > rebuilding the Bay Area's bridges. > > Come and see the skill and effort of iron trades workers from both > sides of the Pacific in the making of these huge structures which we both > take for granted and depend upon in our everyday lives. > > > > > The Exhibit will be up until at least July 10. Anyone who cannot make the > opening reception is invited to call me and perhaps arrange to see it with > me at another time. > > Please forward this message to any friends you think might be interested. I > look forward to seeing many of you. > > This exhibit is part of San Francisco LaborFest 2002. For more information > regarding this annual festival and a complete program of this year's events > go to: www.laborfest.net or call 415-642-8066 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: cranes-sfskyline.jpg > cranes-sfskyline.jpg Type: JPEG Image (image/jpeg) > Encoding: base64 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > PEOPLE & WORK > JOSEPH A. BLUM PHOTOGRAPHY > 3268 FOLSOM STREET > SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110-5209 > 415-648-0474 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html