Cranes in Gdańsk

Urban photography

Cranes in Gdańsk – photographs of the shipyard and the city’s industrial skyline
In this album, I show shipyard cranes in Gdańsk against halls, quays and ships. Green steel structures and their slanting booms create a distinctive rhythm above the buildings. The gallery combines closer views of groups of cranes with wider panoramas of the city’s industrial area, photographed beneath cloudy skies.
I am interested in the geometry of these structures: vertical supports, latticework and arms crossing on successive planes. Wider frames also reveal the cranes’ surroundings, so they are not isolated objects but part of the extensive shipyard space. Subdued light emphasises their silhouettes and allows attention to focus on form.
I took the photographs with a Canon EOS 6D, combining focal lengths suited to panoramas with closer views of selected structures. You can find the settings for individual photographs in the EXIF data. This is my view of Gdańsk’s industrial landscape and of objects that can be just as interesting photographic subjects as the city’s historic streets.

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