[Leica] [Fwd: PHOTO EXHIBIT: WORKING IRON FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO SHANGHAI]

[S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>]

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
> 
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>                            Name: cranes-sfskyline.jpg
>    cranes-sfskyline.jpg    Type: JPEG Image (image/jpeg)
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> PEOPLE & WORK
> JOSEPH A. BLUM PHOTOGRAPHY
> 3268 FOLSOM STREET
> SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110-5209
> 415-648-0474
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