Archive for July, 2011

Behind the facade, first distillation

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

I started playing around with the images I shot yesterday, in an attempt to reach for the gist of what has been attracting me to these spaces. The first thing that came to mind is to distill them by dropping all color information, including tone. I lost some of them ...

Behind the facade, more West Loop

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

As usual, here's a map of the day's walk. Here are the pictures - I've been thinking about the categories I mentioned as I shot these, so hopefully this will begin to focus the project somewhat soon. [gallery link="file"]Related posts: Just what you wanted – more alleys! Behind the facade, pt. 3 Behind the facade

Project categories

Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

As I've mentioned before, I'm thinking of continuing the alley project by analyzing various aspects of what makes the alleys so fascinating. I've been thinking of a number of possibilities. Here's the initial list: Platforms (decks, porches, balconies, etc.) Barriers (fences, warning signs) Cul de sacs (spaces between buildings, cubby holes of various ...