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Paternoster
People at work. They get to their desks, leave for lunch, return from a break, go to see a colegue about that file, prepare for the ride home. Then a camera intrudes into their daily routine. How do they react? Some start to pose, some try to make a point of ignoring the visitor. The camera stays all day, automatically recording everyone passing by.


These pictures were recorded at a German insurance company. Few people may still know this ancient type of cyclic elevator called "Paternoster". It got its name from going round and round endlessly like a rosary in prayer. (In reality, the elevator is not that open but it doesn't have doors, really.)
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