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Science & Technology, 2nd prize

January 01, 1993

Originally designed to transport goods, containers have proved amazingly adaptable.

January 01, 1993

Burchard Quay has space for 12,000 containers. Originally designed to transport goods, containers have proved amazingly adaptable.

January 01, 1993

A container camp inhabited by Sri Lankan refugees. Originally designed to transport goods, containers have proved amazingly adaptable.

January 01, 1993

Originally designed to transport goods, containers have proved amazingly adaptable.

January 01, 1993

The prestigious Fraunhofer Institute uses a container for laser research of the atmosphere. Originally designed to transport goods, containers have proved amazingly adaptable.

January 01, 1993

At the 1993 World Athletics Championships, the VIP center was composed of 150 linked containers. Originally designed to transport goods, containers have proved amazingly adaptable.

January 01, 1993

Originally designed to transport goods, containers have proved amazingly adaptable.

January 01, 1993

Originally designed to transport goods, containers have proved amazingly adaptable.

January 01, 1993

A mobile operating center for train crashes in tunnels. Originally designed to transport goods, containers have proved amazingly adaptable.

January 01, 1993

Originally designed to transport goods, containers have proved amazingly adaptable.

January 01, 1993

Originally designed to transport goods, containers have proved amazingly adaptable.

January 01, 1993

A sex cinema-cum-brothel. Originally designed to transport goods, containers have proved amazingly adaptable.

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Dirk Eisermann

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1994 Photo Contest, Science & Technology, 2nd prize
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Dirk Eisermann

Das Fotoarchiv for Stern

01 January, 1993

Originally designed to transport goods, containers have proved amazingly adaptable.

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