Skeletal Archiporn

February 16, 2017 9:28 AM

Scaffoldage is a blog of photographs of large structures covered in scaffolding. (slTumblr)
posted by Going To Maine (10 comments total)

Much better than I expected, Christo should sue.
posted by sammyo at 9:33 AM on February 16, 2017

Those are lovely. I particularly like the organic shapes that bamboo scaffolding allows. To my American eyes those look incredibly unsafe; I mean look, it's twisting into collapse already! But in fact a lot of the world uses bamboo scaffolding and it works pretty well.
posted by Nelson at 9:50 AM on February 16, 2017

These are great. The patterns are mesmerizing.
posted by octothorpe at 10:13 AM on February 16, 2017

I subscribed to their RSS a long time ago. Sadly, it hasn't been updated since December 2015, which is really too bad because the images are fantastic.
posted by ssmug at 10:57 AM on February 16, 2017

Yay grids, I love grids. I would climb on these even though I am not a climby person.
posted by batter_my_heart at 10:58 AM on February 16, 2017

*feels sudden urge to kidnap a princess and throw large barrels at people*
posted by praemunire at 11:40 AM on February 16, 2017 [3 favorites]

I bought a zine last year that was all photos of bamboo scaffolding and had a great conversation with the person who made it that was basically like, "Grids! Grids are great. I love grids. Let's be friends."

I love this tumblr, thanks.
posted by jeweled accumulation at 12:53 PM on February 16, 2017

Is the Crimson Permanent Assurance in there?
posted by Chrysostom at 8:31 PM on February 16, 2017

This is mine! Glad you're enjoying it. The blog stalled due to other commitments but I'm in the very early stages of producing a beautiful Scaffoldage book that will be filled with images like these. Incredibly excited.
posted by Usher at 5:32 AM on February 17, 2017 [6 favorites]

A book, neat! How do you clear copyright on images like this? I imagine it's a laborious process of contacting every single photographer? How do you even find them?
posted by Nelson at 8:35 AM on February 17, 2017