Many of us sat in front of our TVs last week, and watched Hurricane Sandy reap havoc on the USA. All the damage makes you wonder how it’s possible to get back to normal afterwards?
Ironically I was keeping up to date with what was going on whilst picking my way through disaster sites in Oslo. As I read about the wind speeds in New Jearsey I was on a burned down rooftop in Grønland which caught fire last year; when I saw pictures of New York flooding I was in a 100-year-old house which was covered in smoke and dust from a recent blaze; and whilst Manhatten plunged into darkness I was standing in a 20m2 room which was completely gutted.
It was all part of a shoot for SSG, a Danish company which has recently opened in Norway. They are the people who come in and fixes after flood, fire or oil spills.
On site, groups of experienced Danish workers were teamed up with their Norwegian counterparts. They were almost too efficient, and many of the places we were taking photos were looking like new by the time we got there. Maybe they worked a little bit too hard actually, as many of them we shook hands with were missing bits of fingers or thumbs.
Frank from SSG, pictured in the white overalls, was really helpful and took us wherever we wanted to go. These are some of the photos of our long, dirty, day in Oslo. The next day we were back at White Light Studios taking new profile pictures for SSG. I´ll post more when the website launches.
