combat photographer Robert Capa He said, “If your photos are good enough, you’re not close enough.”
kappa making D-day Landing with troops in Normandy And he’s had a place on the front row of history throughout his photography career. With such zeal I undertook an adventure less perilous, but still pounding at my heart, walking to and fro over Sagamore Bridgenow under construction.
Anyone within a 500 mile radius Cape Cod Familiar with this famous structure. Built in 1933, this venerable old steel arch is often the first and final chapter of any Cape Cod vacation, and usually not a good read. It has a reputation for stop traffic all year round.
When then Gov. Mitt Romney has vowed to tear up the old Sagamore Rotary on the mainland side, and hopefully the traffic will flow faster. I was there on December 3rd, 2004 when the governor picked up a jackhammer he thought was out of order and posed himself in front of a group of media.
But it was working. He pulled the lever and sprayed the camera crew with concrete shards—in fact, the best creation I’ve ever covered.
Traffic flow has improved, but after 19 years, it is still a bottleneck, especially now. Down one lane each way with flimsy orange cones separating oncoming traffic from workers, it’s a commuter’s nightmare in the morning come alive.
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My ride to the bridge was via Route 6A, and I got to the Christmas tree shops parking lot around 7:50 a.m., whipped out all my gear, made sure nothing was loose and headed to the curb.
The view is always amazing, the road and construction noise was deafening. Hug the sidewalk on the far right. However, there is only about two feet between the camera lens and the truck’s wide side view mirrors.
The halted traffic coming from the Cape was getting worse. Construction workers in Day-Glo jackets and hard hats covered in badges lit up in the morning sun, working nonchalantly next to a steady stream of staggering and late 30-mile-per-hour motorists. I was getting more attention than I wanted, honking horns and finger gestures and even several motorists stopping with windows asking for their picture to be taken.
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It’s filmed all the familiar sights, lines of traffic, distraught drivers, and even jackhammer crews slashing the sidewalk just like the governor’s way back. But the picture that hung, a pair of shades and a good old-fashioned trowel, could have been a scene from the original construction 90 years ago.
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