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PIPELINE//

Hired by Hanging H to document the $130 million, 70-mile Cheyenne Connector Pipeline from Cheyenne to Denver. Over six months, I returned every few weeks to document construction through reclamation. No actors. No models. Just a fly-on-the-wall approach to real people and real work, in stills and motion.

Two welders work a pipe joint from below, one on his back as the arc glows and sparks pour down at a Hanging H spread.

A close-up of a well-worn welding pancake hood over a ball cap, backlit by the sun with warm bokeh at a Hanging H pipeline site.

An extreme close-up of a welding arc on a pipe, bright white light with blue smoke tendrils and orange sparks against black at a Hanging H site.

Two welders in pancake hoods weld a pipe joint at dusk as sparks and molten glow spill across the pipe at a Hanging H spread.

A Western Star oversize-load truck delivers green pipe joints as a Deere excavator offloads them under a stormy sky at a Hanging H pipeline spread.

A weathered pipeline welder laughs with his pancake hood flipped up, dirt-caked jacket in warm light, at a Hanging H spread.

A view down the inside of a pipe forms concentric rings leading to a welding arc glowing blue with sparks at the far end at a Hanging H site.

An aerial view of a pipeline right-of-way cutting across winter farmland, coated pipe strung along the trench past circular irrigation fields at a Hanging H project.

A welder in a pancake hood welds a green pipeline joint under a moody sky, a bright arc and shower of sparks lighting the pipe at a Hanging H spread.

Construction worker in a hard hat and hi-vis vest, portrait

A low-angle view of a worker grinding the top of a large green pipe with an angle grinder, sparks arcing down and a sideboom crane behind at a Hanging H spread.

Two welders in pancake hoods face each other welding a pipe joint together as sparks and a blue arc glow at dusk at a Hanging H spread.

A machine operator in a sticker-covered hard hat and hi-vis vest sits focused at the controls, seen through the cab glass, at a Hanging H site.

A John Deere excavator digs a deep trench, framed by the trench walls against a dramatic stormy sky at a Hanging H site.

A bearded pipeline welder in a flip-up shield and leather gloves stands framed between two coworkers in warm light at a Hanging H spread.

An overhead aerial view looks straight down on a welding crew working a joint on a red-coated pipe beside a welding rig at a Hanging H site.

A worker in mud-caked coveralls crouches in the snow grinding the underside of a pipe, sparks flying, on a winter Hanging H pipeline spread.

A pipeline welder stands atop a large-diameter pipe among a crew of hard-hatted workers in warm golden-hour light at a Hanging H pipeline spread.

A studio-lit portrait of a Hanging H pipeline worker in a carbon-fiber hard hat labeled Maverick, sunglasses, neck tattoos and a hi-vis vest against black.

A pipeline welder in a flip-up welding hood and balaclava bows his head over a pipe as steam rises in warm backlight at a Hanging H site.

An operator in hi-vis gear runs a sideboom pipelayer as a large coated pipe hangs from the hook on a snowy Hanging H pipeline spread.

A Caterpillar excavator loads spoil into a tracked material carrier under a dramatic overcast sky, dust flying, at a Hanging H earthwork site.

A pipeline worker in a respirator gives a thumbs up while a coworker sets a red induction heating coil around a bare pipe at a Hanging H site.

Two workers steady the end of a long curved section of green pipe suspended by sidebooms under a big sky at a Hanging H pipeline spread.

A worker in coveralls and a face shield grinds the end of a large green pipe with an angle grinder, throwing a spray of sparks, at a Hanging H pipeline site.

A John Deere excavator digs on a steep hillside high above a forested river canyon in warm light at a Hanging H Hood River project.

A grapple loader lifts brush and slash onto a forwarder in backlit dust during land clearing at a Hanging H Hood River project.

A John Deere excavator and dozer cut a bench into a steep hillside above a forested river canyon at a Hanging H Hood River project.