Stannah's People

Stannah (well known for their stair lift) recently commissioned me to photograph a series of images of their workforce installing lifts and escalators during the rebuilding of Birmingham New Street Station. Stannah wanted to convey the professionalism and expertise of their team in the dramatic setting of the new atrium known as Grand Central, but also wanted to make sure the images looked real. I didn't want to use models and set up scenarios as it is very difficult to create the same level of authenticity as doing it for real when such technical expertise is on show.  

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The construction site at Birmingham New Street Station also has many challenges to contend with, most important of all being health and safety, therefore not only did the images need to look the part but also needed to be tarn in safety and portray safety. Other challenges included access, consideration for other contractors (the shoot was scheduled for 5 weeks before the entire project completed), but also as I wanted to make sure it was all as real as possible I had to schedule the shoot for a time when Stannah were actually on site installing their escalators and lifts - and their engineers had time to be involved with a photo shoot as well!