craiyon logo

Black and white photo of eleven construction workers sitting on a steel beam high above a sprawling New York City skyline.

Black and white photo of eleven construction workers sitting on a steel beam high above a sprawling New York City skyline.

A black and white photograph, vintage 1932, inspired by "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper." Eleven construction workers eating lunch while sitting casually on a single narrow steel I-beam. They are 850 feet (260 meters) in the air above a sprawling New York City skyline. The men are wearing flat caps, work boots, and loose trousers, dangling their feet over the city. Dramatic camera angle, high contrast, cinematic lighting, grain, historical, iconic. Voir plus