Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "121-125 Gloucester Street (the former site of State Theatre - later DFS Souvenirs)".
A photograph of a temporary installation titled Etch-A-Sketch. The installation is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of visitors to LUXCITY in front of the large-scale installation titled Etch-A-Sketch.
A photograph of visitors to LUXCITY in front of the large-scale installation titled Etch-A-Sketch.
A photograph of visitors to LUXCITY in front of the large-scale installation titled Etch-A-Sketch.
A photograph of a temporary installation titled Etch-A-Sketch. The installation is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of the installation titled In Your Face on Gloucester Street, which is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of the installation titled In Your Face on Gloucester Street, which is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of architecture students and visitors at the In Your Face installation, which is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of a young visitor being lifted up to view the In Your Face installation at LUXCITY.
A photograph of the installation titled In Your Face on Gloucester Street, which is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of people creating silhouettes inside one of the tent-like sculptures of Silhouette Carnival at LUXCITY.
A photograph of people gathered in front of the temporary light installation titled Etch-A-Sketch.
A photograph of visitors to LUXCITY in front of the large-scale installation titled Etch-A-Sketch.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Cashel Street and High Street intersection used to be very dominated by buildings".
A photograph of the installation titled In Your Face on Gloucester Street, which is part of LUXCITY.
A photograph of people creating silhouettes inside one of the tent-like sculptures of Silhouette Carnival at LUXCITY.
A photograph of a crowd surrounding the In Your Face installation on Gloucester Street during LUXCITY.
A photograph of a temporary installation titled Etch-A-Sketch. The installation is part of LUXCITY.
A view 4 weeks after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.
A photograph of the partially-completed Green Room garden on Colombo Street. Crack'd for Christchurch's armchair and mosaic artworks are on a platform in the back. The armchair and ottoman have been wrapped in tarpaulins until their unveiling. Wire fences have been placed around the section as a cordon.Crack'd for Christchurch comments, "Flora and Otto waiting for their big day, with the garden still to be finished."
A view across Battersea Street in Sydenham to Churchill's Tavern, which has been badly damaged in the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Masonry from the building's top storey has collapsed onto the footpath and several of its windows have fallen out. A member of the New Zealand Police Force is walking across Colombo Street in the background.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "It's not easy to spot, but look at the floor level in this picture. By the bar, it's about half a metre higher than in the foreground. Pressure under the floor pushed the whole floor up".
The "I hope Christchurch will..." blackboard on the corner of Tuam and Colombo Streets. Members of the public are invited to fill in the gaps with what they would like to see in the rebuilt city. Messages can be seen, such as, "Bring back cruising" and "Be filled with chocolate!".
A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch 04 September 2010. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.
The project report for Poetica, part of Gap Filler project 20, Walls. Poetica was an urban poetry project in which an interactive poetry installation was painted on the wall of 614 Colombo Street. The purpose of the project was to visualise the regeneration of Christchurch as an unwritten poem by allowing members of the public to writing poetry on the Poetica wall.
A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch 4 September 2010. Corner of Colombo and Byron Streets. Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.
An aerial photograph of Cambridge Terrace with the cleared PGC site in the upper centre. The photograph was captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The area inside the cordon that is north of the river which encompasses the PGC site and Kilmore Street. The expectation is that this area will soon be outside the cordon".
The September Canterbury earthquake. These pictures were taken of The New Zealand Army, along with Police, minding the cordons. This was beside The Press building, and behind the Christchurch Cathedral. Note: these photos were taken on a cellphone; mind the quality.
An aerial photograph of the Farmers car park on Gloucester Street with Victoria Park to the north and the Canterbury Provincial Council Chambers to the west.