honorable mention
Todd Halamka
title
Sleeping Giants
These tired, last remaining steam locomotives in revenue service in the world, quietly hiss and sigh as boilers are filled and fire boxes are stoked for another ear-splitting day of runs down into the mine at and back up again, in an endless ritualistic rhythm of place.
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entry description
A brief silence envelopes the staging yard as another below zero, pre-dawn shift change occurs, where one 12 hour shift passes the reigns to the next three-man-per-locomotive crew.These tired, last remaining steam locomotives in revenue service in the world, quietly hiss and sigh as boilers are filled and fire boxes are stoked for another ear-splitting day of runs down into the mine at and back up again, in an endless ritualistic rhythm of place.
about the photographer
Todd is a self-taught, amateur photographer with interest in making images that explore urban and natural landscapes that railroads inhabit and the intersections in between, particularly those junctures where the two have met and altered one another offering image opportunities.back to gallery