Chicago Boyz

                 
 
 
What Are Chicago Boyz Readers Reading?
 

 
  •   Enter your email to be notified of new posts:
  •   Problem? Question?
  •   Contact Authors:

  • Blog Posts (RSS 2.0)
  • Blog Posts (Atom 0.3)
  • Incoming Links

  • Recent Comments

    • Loading...

  • Authors

  • Notable Discussions

  • Recent Posts

  • Blogroll

  • Categories

  • Archives

    • «
    »

    Perspective

    Posted by Jonathan on September 30th, 2012 (All posts by )

    Some things are abstract yet concrete. Or is it the other way around.

    The elevated intersection of US Route 595 and the Sawgrass Expressway, Sunrise, Florida. (Copyright 2011 Jonathan Gewirtz jonathan@gewirtz.net)

     

     

    This entry was posted on Sunday, September 30th, 2012 at 7:43 pm and is filed under Deep Thoughts, Photos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    5 Responses to “Perspective”

    1. Bill Brandt Says:
      September 30th, 2012 at 9:30 pm

      You do have that photographer’s eye Jonathan! Take the simple and common place, realize that it isn’t so common – and preserve it! If you ever visit Robert Avrech’s site, seraphicpress.com – he is a Hollywood screenwriter who, in addition to telling us stories of classic Hollywood , will stroll around his neighborhood – taking similar photographs in hi LA neighborhood.

      If for some way you could put these in a time capsule – as the 100 year old pictures of London – you will be considered an unrecognized genius in your time!

    2. Ginny Says:
      October 1st, 2012 at 5:01 pm

      We take for granted the beauty of those great cloverleafs and arcs supporting layers of concrete – it’s neat to see them “foregrounded” – I guess within our every day lives is a lot of strength & beauty we ignore.

    3. Sgt. Mom Says:
      October 1st, 2012 at 5:25 pm

      I’ve got one or two nice pictures of concrete pillars and overpasses myself – and some interesting chances to take some more, as they are just now constructing a proper interchange where a main highway to the north intersects the outside ‘ring road’. The city builders and movers of San Antonio always seemed to come to these things decades late … and the resulting redesign and construction obstructs traffic for at least half a decade. But my, isn’t it wonderful when it is done!

    4. Bill Brandt Says:
      October 5th, 2012 at 9:45 pm

      Jonathan – with your love of Florida photography I’ll bet you would find his book fascinating. A Wall Street financier, A.W. Dimock, went to an “un-travelled” area of the Everglades in 1910 – had a 37 foot houseboat and darkroom – made some remarkable pictures of the Seminole – there is a book review with some of the pictures
      http://www.research.ufl.edu/publications/explore/current/story_1/documents/pg14_19SeminolesS12_000.pdf

    5. Jonathan Says:
      October 5th, 2012 at 9:56 pm

      Thanks, Bill. Looks very interesting.

    «
    »