Vorsicht: Maschine läuft automatisch an!
Microsoft is hosting the Imaginecup which is a contest featuring quite a few disciplines ranging from programming to photography. This year’s “theme” is sustainabilty and as Sebastian and I are very fond of polarbears we gave it a try. So the next few frames are from our first essay which shows how a modern clarification plant works. In fact, the one here in Vienna is one of the most advanced plants worldwide. There is also a second essay that will be submitted as we think from a storytelling point of view, this one here is a weaker although the facilty itself is quite impressive.
The inflow. They said they found bycycles, turtles and pythons in there. Latter dead.
Water getting pumped to the first filtering.
This thing pretty much works like a big rack removing anything bigger than 10 mm.
A minor detail – I like the hands.
As far as I remember the basic idea of those things was to keep the sludge moving.
Pumping air into the water which forms the first part of the biological clearing.
There is a gap storywise because Sebastian covered those shots (the old part of the facility). Whatever.
They were cleaning some parts of the plant.
The control room. And the Hoond at work.
So, once again a not so-b/w-tri-x-ish entry. Still, I hope you enjoyed a few of those frames.
Take care,
Bernhard
best of luck…
was it easy to get permission to shoot at the plant?
some interesting shots. nice wide angle. although I think sometimes it got too much.
good luck with that! was it smellier than the darkroom?
das spricht schon für sich :D
Some impressive shots, I reckon.



I really like this one, because he looks so proud:
Also this one is simply very cool and shows what it’s all about:
And this one:
Damn! Just very very very aesthetically pleasing!
I’d like a high res version of that for my desktop (fat)
Hah when you go to fancy Paris to get your prize, don’t forget to check out Place Pigalle, those brothels are fucking amazing.
Oooooh fun times! ^^
*tear of joy*
I want to see these essays!