"Front Loader #3" Timelight Picture Study with Highway Flares & Sparklers

This is the largest "Front Loader" in the series...
Tires were about 5ft tall. Bucket had a width of around 9ft.

You can see my ghosting on the upper levels to
the left of the cab, which will give you some idea
of the overall scale of this machine.

Main Challenges:

Keeping track of what had-or had not been exposed...
Taking care not to slip while navigating a large wet-oily machine in the dark...

Shot during a construction phase of the Boston waterfront.
The Institute Of Contemporary Art Boston, is in
the background.

Time-Exposure on film. No Digital Manipulation. Images come out of the camera as they appear. Work spans 30+ years.
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