Surreal Water Tower Ladder Floating Over Canal Lock in at a canal lock chamber near Mexico City

Surreal Water Tower Ladder Floating Over Canal Lock

by Lee Gray

Amber sunset light floods the wet season canal lock chamber near Mexico City, illuminating the silver rivets of a massive water tower tank. A steel ladder detaches from the tank, hovering three feet above the concrete deck in a deliberate suspension of gravity. Raindrops hang motionless in the air, frozen in mid-fall around the floating metal structure. The water in the lock reflects the orange sky and the inverted geometry of the suspended ladder. Heavy concrete walls frame the scene, showing the civic-scale austerity against the impossible physics. Rivets on the tank catch the fading light, while the floating ladder casts a sharp, disconnected shadow on the wet pavement below. One raindrop rests on the lowest rung of the suspended ladder, defying the pull of the earth.

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Camera Lomo LC-A*AI-imagined, not shot. For real Lomo LC-A photos, grab one online.
Lens Minitar-1 32mm f/2.8
Focal Length 32mm
Aperture f/2.8
Shutter Speed 1/125
ISO 800
Film Kodak Tri-X 400 contrast
Location at a canal lock chamber near Mexico City
Date 1989-11-03
Credit VEETER
License Free for any use
Coordinates 19.4363, -99.0324
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