1 post tagged “cityscape”
I've been taking photographs since I was a kid. I have a collection of cameras ranging from a 16mm Bolex to an 8x10 "View Camera." I've also travelled a lot throughout the US and Canada, always with some form of picture taking device. I learned "hands-on" photography in the field and in the darkroom; mainly B&W and Color using the "Kwik-Print" process. Digital photography I'm still new at, as living in the Country I had to give up my darkroom -- not enough water :( Eventually I'll put links in so that you know what a "Kwik-Print" is!)
To me, a City is a fragmented entity. Cities are non-cohesive. You can go from 'highrise' buildings to rundown poverty in a few hundred feet. So my aesthetic of the Cityscape is one of fragmentation.
These pictures were taken in Atlanta, GA, USA around 1980 or 1981. The one on the right is of the Peachtree Building, the left of a building I don't remember reflected in the glass of the Georgia Light and Power building.
I'll post a couple more of Atlanta, then move on elsewhere.
These were taken during the same time period, again in Downtown Atlanta in the vicinity of the Peachtree Center.
Next we travel to Hartford, CT... Constitution Plaza, Late at night, around New Years.
These are from a holiday display -- shot late at night with very long exposure times. I love to do this kind of work, but it helps to bring a like-minded friend, and good coffee (or a flask of good Brandy) to help with conversation. With 'Bracketed Exposure' these pics probably took an hour each to expose.
I think Cities reflect themselves. What do you think? This last picture was taken in Boston, Massachussetts.
It's the Merrill Lynch Building. Enjoy!
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