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Posted by Jonathan on September 30th, 2012 (All posts by Jonathan)
Some things are abstract yet concrete. Or is it the other way around.
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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!
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.
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!
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
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!
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.
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!
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
October 5th, 2012 at 9:56 pm
Thanks, Bill. Looks very interesting.