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Sky High Photography

WTTW News | August 18, 2009, 7:00 pm

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Image Gallery
'A View from the Top' - Ken Derry's book of photos taken from a crane
'Golden Sunrise' - Starting work before dawn
Chicago River - We see the city from Ken's view
'Green River' - Chicago River's transformation for St. Patrick's Day
'Air Show' - Ken looks down on the planes from his perch
Not afraid of heights - Thousands of feet above the ground
'Flag' - The photographer has flown a flag from his crane for years
Beauty and science - A 'sun column' emerges from light reflected off the lake
Hazy veil - A dense fog descends on the city
Sunrise - From the crane, workers can see a variety of colorful sunrises
Manning the crane - Ken sits at the controls, 200 feet above the crane's deck
Tug boats - Ken writes, 'Tug boats work all winter breaking ice on the river...'
Wrigley clock - It's a long way straight down from the top of the Trump Tower
'Harbor' - Boats, boats, and more boats seem to surround the Field Museum
From light to dark - The light behind the skyline varies throughout Ken's photos
As high as it gets - One of the cranes used to build the Trump Tower
'Fountain' - The crowds flocking to the beach and Buckingham Fountain
'Drops' - Ironworker David Bass removes ice from the cab sheave of the crane
'Party boats' - Ken and his camera gaze north
'Bean/Balloon' - The Chicago skyline bends to the curve of the 'Bean'
Not quite finished yet - A close look at the Trump Tower in progress
Downward - The camera looks down on Marina Towers and the river
Twinkling night lights - At dusk the mood of the city shifts dramatically
Center of it all - The spire forms the main structure of the tower
'...to see a view of the city that few others have seen...' ken writes
The end is in sight - The flag seems to carry the last bucket of concrete
'Rainbow' - A rainbow adorns the sky above Navy Pier

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