I spent several years photographing work trucks for Freightliner. Some assignments were more interesting than others, some more fun, and some just plain lucky. I had the good fortune to be granted access to the field side of Kennedy Airport with a small window to photograph a tank truck that was servicing an Air France Concorde.
The aircraft did not spend more than a few hours on the ground in New York and there was quite a bit of activity around it. I arrived, did some cleaning of my subject, and scoped out a location to place the truck with the Concorde. My focus (no pun) had to be the client truck, and we needed to show it in this impressive location … but, I couldn’t let the huge aircraft over power the image. Also, I was limited on-site with my camera position because of all the activity that is constantly happening on the tarmac.
![tank truck a Kennedy Airport with a Concorde](https://i0.wp.com/larryshapiroblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Concord_520A.jpg?resize=600%2C489&ssl=1)
As I moved the camera position slightly, I was limited both by the activity around and behind me, and the distracting elements behind the Concorde that I was blocking with the tank truck. Additionally, I did not want to make the name of the airline fully visible. This shot was created using transparency film, so a quick edit of the name was a bit more costly from the graphics people that finished the image.When the final shot was used, all the markings on the truck cab and the ‘Ogden’ name were removed.
![Freightliner truck working at an airport](https://i0.wp.com/larryshapiroblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Concord_521A.jpg?resize=600%2C477&ssl=1)
Since the plane was on such a tight schedule, I was not able to board it so that I could see the interior as I’d hoped to.