The Top Wardrobe Salesman Hits Town

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Boarded up windows on the former Christchurch City Council building in Tuam Street. The photographer comments, "This guy always meets his sales target".

Shown the Red Card

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A man reads a sign posted on the door of the Christchurch Art Gallery, which reads "The gallery is currently closed to the public". The photographer comments, "Red Carded - A red-coloured card shown by a referee to a player, especially in soccer, to indicate that the player is being ejected from the pitch. The Christchurch Art Gallery has left the building. All the current and future exhibitions of the Art Gallery are being mainly held out of doors".

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A photograph of a door with notice that reads, "Amnesty drop-off point".

Getting Ready to Run

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A digitally manipulated image of a mannequin. The photographer comments, "During the Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011 a lot of people were seriously injured or killed because they run out of buildings. Falling masonry from the exterior of the buildings hit them, but if they had remained inside they would have probably been perfectly safe".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2514

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A photograph of a yellow-sticker placard on the door of a building on Hereford Street.

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2513

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A photograph of USAR codes spray-painted on the door of a building on Hereford Street.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2594

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Remediation work being carried out on a property. The front door entrance has been boarded up.

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A photograph of an abandoned property in Bexley. Graffiti has been spray-painted on the garage door.

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A photograph of an abandoned property in Bexley. Graffiti has been spray-painted on the garage door.

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2549

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A photograph of a sticker on the door of a house warning that power has been switched off.

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2550

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A photograph of a sticker on the door of a house warning that power has been switched off.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2595

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Detail of some remediation work being carried out on a property. The front door entrance has been boarded up.

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This house has had its doors and windows removed prior to demolition".

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2602

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Detail of the sign on doors of the damaged building that housed The Bicycle Thief Coffee Bar and Pizzeria.

Photograph by Paul Corliss 2100

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A photograph of red-sticker placards on a door. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "40 Avoca Valley".

Damage to a residential property on Birch Street (4)

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Damage to a residential property on Birch Street. Writing on door reads "all clear" with name and telephone numbers.

Photograph by Paul Corliss 1822

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A photograph of a red-sticker placard on a door. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "272 Fitzgerald Avenue".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 1819

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A photograph of a red-sticker placard on a door. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "272 Fitzgerald Avenue".

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A photograph submitted by Andy Palmer to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Door of Sign of the Takahe. 25 Feb 2012.".

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A photograph submitted by Andy Palmer to the QuakeStories website. The description reads, "Door of the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre?. 25 Feb 2012.".

Demolition Day - Photograph 22

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A house in Richmond being demolished. A worker removes fittings from the front door. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".

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A house in Richmond being demolished. A worker removes fittings from the front door. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".

Demolition Day - Photograph 21

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A house in Richmond being demolished. A worker removes fittings from the front door. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".

Photograph by Paul Corliss 1832

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A photograph of the removed door of a partly-demolished house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "220 and 218 Peterborough Street".

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A photograph of a sign reading, "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake".

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1833

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A damaged house inside the CBD cordon, seen through a fence. On the doors are signs that say 'Danger Keep Out' and 'Danger do no enter'.

Photograph by Paul Corliss 1833

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A photograph of a red-sticker placard on the door of a house. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "220 and 218 Peterborough Street".

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A photograph of a sign on a door reading, "Hope, broken dreams and broken lives". The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Seabreeze Close, Bexley".

Here Today Gone Tomorrow

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The entrance to the West Avon building on Montreal Street. The photographer comments, "This very wonderful Art Deco heritage building in Christchurch had residents living in it until another visit from the building engineers re-re-checking for earthquake damage. Now it is fenced off and on the list for possible demolition".

Keeping a Sense of Normality

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Part of Mike Hewson's installation 'Homage To Lost Spaces' in the Cramner Courts building, a photograph of a young man working at a desk has been inserted into a gap in the building. The photographer comments, "Cranmer Courts in Christchurch, New Zealand was very badly damaged in the earthquakes that have rocked the City for the past two years. Mike Hewson thought he would try to bring life back into the buildings by putting photographs into the spaces where the doors and windows were. There was a month or so when no one seemed to know or admit who had put the pictures up, but it was done officially. It seems that though very badly damaged the buildings may get restored".