Head up to the eighth floor in the Nicholas building in Melbourne’s CBD and you’ll find yourself transported in a lift unlike any other in Melbourne. No sterile steel and glass, instead trees, stuffed birds, photos, disco balls and other wonderful decorative items belonging to the lift attendants Dimitri and Joan.
That’s right, lift attendants – people who take you up and down in the lift. It’s like finding something rare, thought to be extinct..,,
I discovered this gem a few years back when photographing an anti workplace relations protest. Looking for an aerial view of the big crowd I wandered in and came across Joan who kindly took me up onto the roof and the result was this pic taken 15th November 2005.
Industrial Relations Protest 2005
You can see more of the protest series here
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