Lomography-Style
Vacant site left after the demolition of a building.
An empty section left after a building was demolished.
Vacant lot left after the demolition of the Latimer Hotel.
Vacant lot left after the demolition of the Latimer Hotel.
The New Brighton Pier still intact after the Canterbury earthquakes.
The New Brighton Pier still intact after the Canterbury earthquakes.
Graffiti on a wall exposed after demolition of the adjoining building.
Cordoned off after damage from the earthquakes.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of St. John's Anglican Church on Latimer Square.
Looking through the cordon fence, an empty site left after the demolition of a building.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of St. John's Anglican Church on Latimer Square.
A digitally manipulated image of a high-reach excavator demolishing a building. The photographer comments, "After the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand the demolition of most of the City Centre began. After two years the government thought that the progress was far too slow, so began the start of the automatic demolition. Luckily when the solar powered demolition machines started to cause indiscriminate death and destruction they were isolated to the South Island and unable to cross the seas".
The Christchurch Cathedral after loosing its tower and spire after the 6.3 quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011. The February 22 quake cracked pillars, twisted walls, shattered stained glass, collapsed buttresses, fractured masonry and toppled the tower. The rose window in the west wall collapsed in the June aftershocks. Demolition of the Chr...
A photograph of the Cramner Courts tacked on the wall, taken after the September 4th earthquake.
Nikki Evans, Department of Social Work and Human Services, who has been researching human-animal relationships after the earthquakes.
Nikki Evans, Department of Social Work and Human Services, who has been researching human-animal relationships after the earthquakes.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of a block of shops at 461-469 Colombo Street, Sydenham.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of the Churchills Club Tavern on the corner of Colombo and Battersea Streets.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of the Churchills Club Tavern on the corner of Colombo and Battersea Streets.
The vacant lot left after the demlition of Latimer Hotel. Some foundations has be laid down to rebuild the hotel.
A digitally manipulated image of a statue of the Virgin Mary in a broken window of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. The photographer comments, "Before the February 2011 earthquake the statue above was facing into the Cathedral looking down a corridor, but after it had turned 180 degrees to point towards the window. The statue of Mary turning like this gave a sign of hope for the people of Christchurch. It was amongst one of the most photographed things after the earthquake until it was removed".
With the land dropping about 1metre to 1.4metres after the earthquakes, a few roads besides the Avon and Heathcote Rivers are flooded with very high tides. Extra stop banks (on right) erected after the quakes have helped, but the road is now well below high water level.
New Brighton Road, just short of New Brighton. The Pages Road bridge may b...
Building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Latimer Square. Next to it is a vacant lot after the demolition of a building.
Ongoing repair and deconstruction work on Victoria Street. The car park to the left of the image was left after the demolition of a building.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of St. John's Anglican Church on Latimer Square. The empty section in back was where CTV building use to be.
The vacant lot left after the demolition of St. John's Anglican Church on Latimer Square. The empty section in back was where CTV building use to be.
A brick wall has been spray painted after being cleared by a USAR team, this system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.
Steel reinforcement on the exterior wall, next to it is a vacant site left after the demolition of a building. Outside the fence is an aqua Ford Thunderbird car.
Steel reinforcement on the exterior wall, next to it is a vacant site left after the demolition of a building. Outside the fence is an aqua Ford Thunderbird car.