Revisiting some of my images coming up to our one year anniversary of the 22 February 2011 Christchurch 6.3 earthquake.
Blue Jean Cuisine (Old Sydenham Post Office) built in 1911 was badly damaged in the 2011 earthquakes was demolished 2012.
A photograph of the former Woolston Post Office.
A photograph of the former Sydenham Post Office.
A photograph of the former Sydenham Post Office.
A photograph of a window of the former Woolston Post Office.
A photograph of a window of the former Sydenham Post Office.
A photograph of a detail of the former Sydenham Post Office.
The Old Lyttelton Post Office, opened in 1874, showing damage after a series of earthquakes hit Christchurch and Lyttelton over the last 9 months.
In the shadow of a broken house,
Down a deserted street,
Propt walls, cold hearths, and phantom stairs,
And the silence of dead feet —
Locked wildly in one another's arms
I saw two lovers meet.
...
A photograph of the earthquake damage above the door of the former Sydenham Post Office.
A photograph of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a window of the former Woolston Post Office. The building has been braced with cable ties.
A photograph of the former Sydenham Post Office. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of the former Woolston Post Office. A sign at the front of the building reads, "Danger, tower may collapse".
A photograph of the former Woolston Post Office. A sign at the front of the building reads, "Danger, tower may collapse".
A photograph of cracks in the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a detail of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a detail of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of a detail of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of the two windows of the former Post Office building in Lyttelton.
A photograph of USAR codes spray painted in a window of the former Sydenham Post Office. Cracks can be seen in the masonry around the window.
A photograph of workers in a cherry picking installing steel bracing on the Colombo Street face of the former Sydenham Post Office. Wire fencing has been placed around the building as a cordon.
A photograph of workers in a cherry picking installing steel bracing on the Colombo Street face of the former Sydenham Post Office. A large crack can be seen in the side of the building.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch 6.3 earthquake aftermath. The clock tower on the old post office in Cathedral Square."
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The former post office building in Cathedral Square. In the background is the Ibis Hotel. Chairs and tables have been left abandoned outside Starbucks.
The Old Lyttelton Post Office, opened in 1874, showing damage after a series of earthquakes hit Christchurch and Lyttelton over the last 9 months.
Processed to capture the "feel" of the sign "Now and Forever Images".
A photograph of students of St Bede's College standing at the entrance to the school. A sign directs visitors to the St Bede's College Office and the Marian College Office.
This is what my lunch looked like after spending a month in my office, post-quake. The banana had liquefied in its skin but there wasn't any mould or anything else. The banana absolutely reeked, though; I ended up tossing everything that had been in the lunch box.