Damage to the Knox Church following the 23rd December 2011 aftershock. More bricks have fallen from the already damaged walls.
Shipping containers protecting the street from an unstable building on Madras Street. Cracks can be seen in the wall of the building.
A house in Richmond being demolished. Part of the external walls have been removed. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. Part of an external wall has been removed. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. Part of an external wall has been removed. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. Part of the external walls have been removed. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. Part of the external walls have been removed. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
Damage to the Knox Church. The brick walls of the church have collapsed, but the woodwork ceiling is still intact.
Damage to the Knox Church. The brick walls of the church have collapsed, but the woodwork ceiling is still intact.
Damage to a property where the brick wall has crumbled, revealing the internal wooden structure and the inside of the house.
Damage to a property where the brick wall has crumbled, exposing the inside of the hose. Seen over a garden hedge.
Damage to a property where the brick wall has crumbled, exposing the inside of the hose. Seen over a garden hedge.
A vacant site left after the demolition of a building. Around the site are some damaged walls and old fencing.
Damaged building and the back of Argosy House, seen from behind cordon fencing. Cracks down the walls are clearly visible.
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".
Detail of damage to a house in Richmond. A double-brick wall has collapsed. A wire loop which formerly tied the two layers of bricks together has pulled out from one of the layers, showing how the two parts of the wall moved apart during the shaking. The photographer comments, "These photos show our old house in River Rd and recovery work around Richmond and St Albans. The remaining double brick by the back door has been further smashed and twisted".
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 14 September 2012 showing the site of the Harbourlight Theatre on London Street. The retaining wall at the rear of the site collapsed and part of the adjoining land eroded. Also visible in the photograph are the side walls of the Bank of New Zealand and the former Westpac Branch, now Himalaya Desi...
A photograph of background information on Terry Chung's project 'Smile for Christchurch' on a painted wall in Re:START mall.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Christ Church Cathedral. Detail of south wall with damaged masonry and stained glass window".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Lyttelton Police station is structurally compromised with south wall (not visible here) partly collapsed".
A photograph of dancers performing in Stand Your Ground. A film is being projected onto the wall behind the dancers.
Volunteers nailing planks to the outer walls of the 10 square metre office building, soon to be Gap Filler Headquarters.
Damage to the interior of a back room of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall.
Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the stone work.
Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the stone work.
Damage to the interior of the Durham Street Methodist Church. Plaster has come off the wall, baring the wood work.
