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6th Street Bridge
Overview
Photographing the demolition of LA's 6th Street Bridge meant being embedded on site for nine months — close enough to feel the concussion of a 90-foot excavator boom, far enough to keep shooting. This wasn't a single event. It was a slow, deliberate dismantling of something the city had known for decades.
The brief was access, presence, and documentation across the full arc — from the first cuts to the final clearance. Ground-level grit one hour, drone altitude the next. What the work required wasn't just a camera. It required trust earned over months.
The brief was access, presence, and documentation across the full arc — from the first cuts to the final clearance. Ground-level grit one hour, drone altitude the next. What the work required wasn't just a camera. It required trust earned over months.
Type
Industrial & Construction Photography
Location
Downtown Los Angeles, CA
Nine months on site. Every stage documented. Every shift recorded
Destruction is its own kind of precision
The weekend the 101 freeway closed, everything escalated. Concrete breakers on 90-foot booms. Workers in choreography with machines that weigh more than most buildings. The sound alone changed how you moved on site — it was constant and directional, and you learned quickly to read it.
Safety training wasn't optional. It was the prerequisite for access — understanding the language of the site, anticipating movement, knowing the zones. You either earned your place there, or you didn't get one
Safety training wasn't optional. It was the prerequisite for access — understanding the language of the site, anticipating movement, knowing the zones. You either earned your place there, or you didn't get one
Ground level and 400 feet up
As a licensed Part 107 pilot, the drone wasn't an afterthought — it was half the assignment. Ground-level shots captured the sweat and scale of the workers. Aerial passes showed the geometry of removal: the progressive absence of something that had defined the skyline.
Diverting the LA River added another layer. The sections over the water required different timing, different angles, and a level of patience that only comes from understanding the rhythm of a site over months, not days.
Diverting the LA River added another layer. The sections over the water required different timing, different angles, and a level of patience that only comes from understanding the rhythm of a site over months, not days.
Once the last section came down, the site cleared. The workers moved on. The freeway reopened. What's left in the record is the nine months before that moment — the planning, the precision, the improbable choreography of taking apart something that was built to last. These images hold that.
