
Damaged building and the back of Argosy House, seen from behind cordon fencing. Cracks down the walls are clearly visible.
A photograph of dancers performing in Stand Your Ground. A film is being projected onto the wall behind the dancers.
A photograph of a window frame which has been removed from the Diabetes Centre and propped against the wall outside.
A damaged brick building on Tuam Street. Bricks have fallen from the wall exposing the interior, where a wooden structure can be seen to have collapsed. The photographer comments, "This is the damage caused by the numerous earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand. It closely resembles a face and the round blob in the square hole at the top of the nose is a pigeon".
A pigeon perches in the beams of a damaged building. The photographer comments, "The building next door was demolished after the Christchurch earthquake, which exposed the side of this building with it's very old corrugated iron walls. Some of the sheeting was damaged and exposed parts of the interior. The pigeon was sitting on a bit of wood with the beam above it had a very serious crack. I think you would be nervous as well".
A photograph of Siobhan Murphy outside her house at 436 Oxford Terrace. The front walls of the house have been covered with plastic sheeting. A bow made out of curtains has been pinned to the plastic where the fireplace juts out of the closest wall. The photographer comments, "The bow is a memorial to Murphy's living room and her life in the house".
Damage to The Bone Dude's Bone Carving Studio and Cultured Gallery on Fitzgerald Avenue. The brick wall is cracked, and the guttering has fallen. The photographer comments, "This building was damaged in the September earthquake in Christchurch. It was the Bone dude's bone carving studio. The motto on the wall was 'Carve your own' and it looks like the earthquakes did just that".
A building on St Asaph Street has been demolished, exposing the interior structure of the adjoining building. The photographer comments, "The building that this one was part of has been demolished and the join looks very much like the exterior walls of an Anglo-Saxon house. It has been exposed due to the demolition of damaged buildings after the Christchurch earthquake".
A partially demolished building on Durham Street. The side wall has been demolished, exposing the inside space. A digger sits amongst the rubble.
An exposed brick wall left after the demolition of the adjoining building. The internal wooden structure and cabling can now be seen.
A photograph of the earthquake-damaged to 235 Kilmore Street. The building next door has been demolished, exposing the side wall.
A photograph of 291 and 293 Barbadoes Street. The front wall of the bottom storey has been boarded up with plywood.
A portaloo in Cranmer Square. In the background is a damaged property where the brick wall has crumbled, revealing the internal structures.
Earthquake damage to the Cranmer Centre. Bricks have fallen from the wall, exposing the inside rooms. Scaffolding has been placed around the building.
Detail of earthquake damage to the Cranmer Centre. Bricks have fallen from the wall, exposing the inside rooms. Wooden bracing supports the building.
Poster starting to peel off a corrugated wall next to demolition site. A section of damaged property can be seen above the fence.
Damage to the Cranmer Courts. A section of the wall has crumbled, exposing the wooden framing and the interior of the building.
View down an alley between two buildings, where the brick wall on the left building has partially toppled, blocking the alley with rubble.
Earthquake damage to the Cranmer Centre. Bricks have fallen from the wall, exposing the inside rooms. Scaffolding has been placed around the building.
Earthquake damage to the dome of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Stones have fallen from the wall supporting the dome.
Detail of damage around a property where the brick wall on the side of the building has crumbled, exposing the internal wooden structure.
Damage to the Bealey Denture Clinic. Some parts of the front wall have fallen off and the tiles on the roof are damaged.
Damage to a house, where the front wall has crumbled, revealing the timber framing. The fence around the house has also toppled over.
Detail of a section of the brick wall on the Weston House which has crumbled. Cordon fencing has been erected around the property.
Damage to the Cranmer Courts. A section of the wall has crumbled, exposing the wooden framing and the interior of the building.
A photograph of volunteers standing beside a fence made from wooden pallets, at the site of the Poetica Urban Poetry wall.
A photograph of the Orzeit/Local Time exhibition. The photographs in the exhibition are displayed on the wall of a building.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Bracing on a damaged section of the payroll office wall at The Press, following the Canterbury earthquakes".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Bracing on a damaged section of the payroll office wall at The Press, following the Canterbury earthquakes".
A photograph of emergency tape cordoning off a wall on the edge of the site of the 'Words of Hope' event.