This is the building of the rotary rocket company. The rotary rocket was a contender for the x-prize which was intended to reach space with a single stage rocket engine. Its return to earth would be enabled by unfolding rotor blades which would act like a parachute bringing it’s crew and passengers safely back to [...]
Apropos of nothing, this faded sign has lost all but a tiny piece of the glass neon tubing. Its abandoned in a field, approximately 20 meters from a freeway that I guess was built a while after the cafe disappeared.
Its been a while since I posted, partly thanks to the holiday season and partly I’m afraid thanks to a humdinger of a virus that knocked me down for a few weeks and even made me turn down a couple of assignments, (thats from the guy who believes that Nurofen cold and flu can keep [...]
I spent the brief interlude in June/July’s endless rain messing about in a boat photographing Battersea Power Station for an advertising client. Its very challenging using a medium format digital on a platform which is constantly moving 2% in three dimensions. It was a long day with a 5 am start and this shot was [...]
A fascinating occurence this, its a building where they have removed all the lower stories in order to rebuild. I think there might be an impressive atrium when they have finished. I had two jobs moved this week in one case because of the bad weather, and in the other because of a change in [...]
