Pittsburgh's parking lot attendants - in pictures

**uk666** · July 26, 2018

Pittsburgh's parking lot attendants - in pictures

Given Pittsburgh’s poor public transport, many commuters choose to drive. Tom M Johnson photographs the city’s parking attendants in the confines of their booths

1. Kenny: 2nd Avenue & 10th Street Bridge

Tom M Johnson: “On a chilly late December afternoon as the purple sky gave way to the city lights I was struck by the isolation of a parking lot attendant sitting in his booth. Through the booth’s weathered Plexiglas I sensed his melancholy, alone with nothing other than his thoughts to keep him company.”

2. John: 8th Street & Fort Duquesne Boulevard

“Like this man I am often alone and isolated. I felt a connection to him. I am drawn to the architecture of the booths because they fit nicely within my preferred format: square.”

3. Adam: Fort Pitt Boulevard & Market Street

“I photograph [the booths] not as obscure structures; rather I take their portraits as I see them as animate objects with a unique character developed from years of harsh climate and from hosting multiple tenants.”

4. Ali: Boulevard of the Allies & Stanwix Street

“This project is an equal study of both the booth and the attendant. Their relationship is symbiotic: the attendant needs the booth for comfort and function; the booth needs its occupant for significance.”