The Olympics from the air

For the past two years, photographer Giles Price has been documenting the development of the London 2012 Olympic site, through a series of large-format aerial images.

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Aquatic Centre and PJ Walsh, a Foreman
Aquatic Centre and PJ Walsh, a Foreman

The E20 12 – Under Construction exhibition, which opens this week, brings these huge, minutely-detailed images together, displaying them alongside portraits of the construction workers responsible for building these icons.

BMX Track and Jamie Thomas, a Groundworker
BMX Track and Jamie Thomas, a Groundworker

Unlike the architects’ CGIs and glossy publicity photos these images provide a new angle on designs such as the media centre and the velodrome, as well as showing all the surrounding construction infrastructure that goes into making them a reality.

Hockey Pitch and Jagmindald Singh Grewal, a Landscaper
Hockey Pitch and Jagmindald Singh Grewal, a Landscaper

The exhibition is part of the King’s Cross Focus Weekend at the London Festival of Architecture.

Media Centre and Hockey Pitches and Dean Thomas, a Hard Landscaper
Media Centre and Hockey Pitches and Dean Thomas, a Hard Landscaper

E20 12 – Under Construction, is at The Crossing, 1 Granary Square, London N1, from 26 June-8 July.

Warm-up Tracks and Greenway and Piotr Suyryk, a Landscape Gardener
Warm-up Tracks and Greenway and Piotr Suyryk, a Landscape Gardener
Velodrome and BMX Track and Andrew Leakey, a Foreman
Velodrome and BMX Track and Andrew Leakey, a Foreman
Olympic Village and Ray Gilbert, a Groundworker
Olympic Village and Ray Gilbert, a Groundworker

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  • Simon Bywater November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am

    Well worth a visit- great images from a talented photographer

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