10/10/2023 0 Comments Charles ebbets photo![]() One can almost get a queasy feeling looking at the buildings far below the workers feet. This photo does capture that feeling of height. Looking at a photo taken at that location only gives the viewer a feeling of an abstract scene. Looking down some hundreds of feet over the edge of a skyscraper or cliff gives most people a feeling of vertigo, queasy stomach or fear. One of the hardest things to do on a photo is to capture grandeur or awesomeness. That doesn't detract from the impact of the photo. There are plenty of other beams where a man could stretch out with one or two friends and chat while eating lunch. This should be good."Īnyone looking at that photo would realize or strongly suspect that men eating lunch would not all gather side by side on one beam. "Would you fellows mind sitting out on that beam while you eat your lunch so I can get a group photo of you?" ![]() ![]() for inviting me to select this week’s photo. I don’t want to influence the flow of your feelings or the way the discussion develops. I’m not going to give you my viewpoints now. Since the photographer isn’t the main focus of attention here, the photo really stands on its own or not. Although taken as a publicity stunt to advertise the Center, the construction workers are real and they are on the 69th floor, 850 feet (259 meters) above the street. It was taken atop the RCA Building later renamed the GE Building during the construction of Rockefeller Center in NYC. Ebbets although there is still a dispute who really photographed it. This 1932 iconic photo owned by Corbis Images has had more posters of it sold world-wide then their photo of Albert Einstein. There’s a 2 ½ minute “Men at Lunch” video trailer of a documentary about the photo at the bottom. “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” See first big BW photo on this link.
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