If there was ever a year when you could overlook the visual drama of construction, 2020 was it. All the spray disinfecting, temperature-taking and fussing with masks; all the worries about the virus outside and inside the gates. Those are the themes that will dominate our collective memory. Face coverings became an important tool to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

But for those who did not previously have to wear them as a regular part of the work day, they could be an afterthought, a style statement or—more likely—a nagging, voice-muffling, heat-trapping distraction. You could endure the patch of fabric across the bottom of your face, but you couldn’t enjoy it.

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阅读眼睛成为一项新技能。眼睛是将某些最佳图像在建设摄影比赛中提交的一些最佳图像。新利18备用减去鼻子和嘴巴的陪伴,眼睛激发了人们对照片主题的想法和感觉的猜测。没有微笑,没有鬼魂指向道路。在一张获胜的照片中,在熨斗的凝视中,您可以想象大流行在眼睛后面积累的焦虑。

...所有图像都有贡献的集体美。”

In a year of headaches and irritants, there’s no way to know if being photographed is just one more.

在项目经理从项目电梯(上方的幻灯片链接中)望去的照片中,观看者只能猜测她目光背后的担忧或奇迹。

除了这两张照片之外,在其余的获胜图像中,几乎没有直接证据表明大流行,但所有这些都会导致行业的集体视觉影响。它是由爆炸性爆炸或加利福尼亚野火的无阳光但仍然是橙色的天空所产生的灿烂土壤云中的:即使破坏也可能令人震惊。

铁轨隧道的地下雕刻墙壁上有美丽,在带有混凝土盒顶部的光线中,另一桶混凝土在起重机线上降低了

在这些镜头中,船员是黄色或橙色相对微小的小羽绒被。他们的安全背心是您所能看到的。然而,向前拨打其他照片,您会发现一位大胆的解雇工人拉开衬衫,展示了他的联盟会员的内心有多近,并用美丽的墨水纹身。

Every photo snatches and saves an evanescent moment.

当在结构的另一侧螺栓连接时,这两个铁工在锈蚀摩天大楼钢上的螺纹连接会以相同的方式击中这些姿势吗?或许。太阳会很容易找到它们吗?

工人会在另一个镜头中撒下工作地点,从而从那个战略地点喷洒了工作地点和城市摩天大楼阵列在他身后的那个战略地点?

Will the laborers, in still another photo, form another "samba line" of site teamwork on the concrete hose the next day?

更重要的是,有人会在那里带相机吗?

In a year full of loss and emptiness, these bustling and poignant construction and engineering-related photos document the resounding victory of the human spirit and the willingness and resilience to press on with the work during the most challenged and heartbreaking year in memory.

理查德·科尔曼(Richard Korman)