Avro Lancaster Fuselage at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester

1 October 2019 · Manchester

The nose of an Avro Lancaster fills the frame from below, its riveted grey fuselage skin pressing against the Victorian ironwork roof of the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. Shot from a low angle, the aircraft dominates the hall — built to survive flak over occupied Europe, now held in place by museum struts and red-and-white barrier tape. The industrial heritage of the building and the industrial purpose of the aircraft are inseparable at this angle: both are objects engineered to the edge of what their era could produce.