Photographer Albert Dros was photographing the infamous and elusive fog in Dubai just lately when had the chance {photograph} window cleaners dangling from the ultra-tall skyscrapers. The job and Dros’ ensuing photographs should not for the faint of coronary heart.
“On February 16th, I discovered myself on a rooftop on an early morning in Dubai,” Dros tells PetaPixel. “It was one other lovely foggy morning and the taking pictures circumstances had been simply nice. Due to Rami Dibo, who introduced us to that roof that morning.”
Dros was there to shoot extra photographs of town’s skyline rising above the clouds, however then he encountered the window cleaners.
“Sooner or later, some employees entered the roof,” Dros says. “They had been speaking, having espresso, and had been fiddling a bit with the ropes on the roof. I requested them what they had been doing they usually stated they had been getting ready for the window cleansing of the tower that we had been standing on. I requested them if I may take some photographs whereas they had been taking place. They stated that might be no downside in any respect.”
“I discovered the photographs of this merely spectacular,” Dros says. “Photographing these with a 12mm lens gave such a loopy perspective, particularly with the twisted Cayan Tower coated with fog as a backdrop. The photographs merely look surreal.”
Cayan Tower has 75 tales and stands 1,004 toes tall (306m). It was briefly the world’s tallest high-rise constructing with a twist of 90 levels after it opened in June 2013, but it surely was surpassed by the Shanghai Tower in February 2015.
The employees slowly made their manner down the skyscraper and finally disappeared into the clouds.
“The entire sequence went very quick,” Dros says. “I used to be shocked how briskly they went down. This sequence of photographs was actually unimaginable to shoot and to witness. Undoubtedly not for people who find themselves scared of heights!
“Thanks to those guys for doing this unimaginable work and letting us doc it.”
P.S. “Make sure you try the work of my associates who had been there with me that day: Andy Marty and Daniel Kordan,” Dros says. “Lastly, one of the window cleaners named Santos requested me to ship him the images. I put his quantity down however by no means acquired a reply from him. Possibly I put it down mistaken, so I hope Santos and his coworkers will see the photographs via the Web!”
Picture credit: Images by Albert Dros and used with permission
