skyscrapers: Lunch Atop A Skyscraper

lunch atop a skyscraper

Steel workers, eating lunch, sitting up very high in the air… rings a bell doesn’t it? If you still haven’t figured it out, the image above is a tongue-in-cheek recreation of the iconic 1932 photo “lunch atop a skyscraper” by Charles C. 234m above the streets of Perth, construction workers on City Square Tower recreate the famous 1932 photo taken on the 69th floor of the GE Building in Manhattan. These lads are tethered with harnesses and wearing safety gear. Their predecessors in NYC (You can see the movie trailer at the bottom of this post.) The photo, "Lunch atop a Skyscraper," shows 11 construction workers calmly eating lunch, while sitting next to each other on a long steel girder, framed by the city far below them. It is Artist Fredy Wenzel gives the classic photo “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” a futuristic makeover, imagining a city that rises into the sky thanks to android construction workers. Even though they’re robots, we still worry that these workers could fall off That, and many other stories about the men in “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper,” are recounted in “Men at Lunch,” which screens tomorrow at DOC NYC. Watch the trailer below: While I'm primarily known for producing photorealistic images of freaky animal hybrids (my site), I thought I'd branch out into other projects. My "Zombie celebrities" collection is coming along nicely but turning Brian Blessed into a zombie takes longer .

As Apartment Therapy's Managing Editor, Carrie covers design and modern homelife with children. A lapsed librarian, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two kids and is in contention to break the record for most hours spent at the playground. Even back in 1932, it was cool to snap photos of people eating lunch. The New York Times Lens blog has a wonderful tribute to the iconic photo "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper It's still the greatest lunch photo of all time, one that's part of New York Workers at the Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, UK; celebrated the completion of a new $30 million dollar roller coaster called The Smiler by recreating the iconic lunch atop a skyscraper photo from over 80 years ago. While it’s not an exact Irish documentarian Seán Ó Cualáin unravels the mysterious story behind the photo "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper," taken 80 years that the documentary Men at Lunch aims to answer. For filmmaker Seán Ó Cualáin, the story started in a pub in Ireland. .

lunch atop a skyscraper LEGO Worker 375 x 254 · 15 kB · jpeg
lunch atop a skyscraper Charles C Ebbets Lunch Atop A Skyscraper New York Collection Photo Art 400 x 400 · 31 kB · jpeg
lunch atop a skyscraper Men Eating Lunch On Skyscraper 200 x 200 · 19 kB · jpeg
lunch atop a skyscraper of 1932 Depression-era photograph "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper 410 x 307 · 46 kB · jpeg
lunch atop a skyscraper en la mítica foto de Carles C Ebbets, "Lunch atop a Skyscraper 236 x 236 · 12 kB · jpeg
lunch atop a skyscraper Lunch atop a Skyscraper", foto tomada en 1932 en el edificio 236 x 236 · 9 kB · jpeg
lunch atop a skyscraper Construction Workers On Beam 425 x 328 · 26 kB · jpeg
lunch atop a skyscraper Construction Workers On Steel Beam 400 x 300 · 23 kB · jpeg
lunch atop a skyscraper Iron Workers On Beam Eating Lunch 236 x 157 · 14 kB · jpeg
lunch atop a skyscraper Found on art.com 473 x 355 · 25 kB · jpeg

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lunch atop a skyscraper LEGO Worker | File Size: 375 x 254 · 15 kB · jpeg Download

lunch atop a skyscraper Charles C Ebbets Lunch Atop A Skyscraper New York Collection Photo Art | File Size: 400 x 400 · 31 kB · jpeg Download

lunch atop a skyscraper Men Eating Lunch On Skyscraper | File Size: 200 x 200 · 19 kB · jpeg Download

lunch atop a skyscraper of 1932 Depression-era photograph
lunch atop a skyscraper of 1932 Depression-era photograph "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper | File Size: 410 x 307 · 46 kB · jpeg Download

lunch atop a skyscraper en la mítica foto de Carles C Ebbets, "Lunch atop a Skyscraper | File Size: 236 x 236 · 12 kB · jpeg Download

lunch atop a skyscraper Lunch atop a Skyscraper
lunch atop a skyscraper Lunch atop a Skyscraper", foto tomada en 1932 en el edificio | File Size: 236 x 236 · 9 kB · jpeg Download