Tag: decay

How Long Must I Keep My Eyes Glued To The Door

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How Long Must I Keep My Eyes Glued To The Door

I took this photo on August 6th, 2021, and processed it in my digital darkroom on August 12th, 2021.

ƒ/1.8 at 1/160

35.0 mm prime lens

ISO 125

I think this was embedded in a church wall, but I could be wrong. Maybe it was a former priest’s apartment? I cannot recall. Somewhere in the Gold Coast, probably on Dearborn, if memory serves.

Is the face a Christ? Seems like it could be, though the broken nose reminds me of the Egyptian sculptures, and the conspiracy that the noses were broken off because they were African, or other reasons.

I liked the inherent decay of the sculpture1 and the expression of this man. So seriously sad.

I was listening to my vinyl collection; tonight I played Bob Dylan’s often disparaged album, Street-Legal, which I happen to think is pretty good. By the way, Jerry Garcia recorded a good cover of Señor (Tales of Yankee Power), as did Willie Nelson with Calexico, if you are keeping track.

Senor, senor, do you know where she is hidin’?
How long are we gonna be ridin’?
How long must I keep my eyes glued to the door?
Will there be any comfort there, senor?

This seemed appropriate for a Christ embedded on a stone wall…

Footnotes:
  1. wabi sabi [↩]

I’d Ask What The Matter Is But I Know You Don’t Talk Much was uploaded to Flickr

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Interstate Highway, Chicago

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I took I’d Ask What The Matter Is But I Know You Don’t Talk Much on March 16, 2015 at 07:54AM

and processed it in my digital darkroom on December 01, 2018 at 04:36PM

Stop Being Influenced By Fools was uploaded to Flickr

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Fulton Market

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I took Stop Being Influenced By Fools on March 16, 2015 at 07:52AM

and processed it in my digital darkroom on November 30, 2018 at 07:58PM

Hearing Voices With No One Around was uploaded to Flickr

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Broken windows are metaphors, right?

Fulton Market somewhere…

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I took Hearing Voices With No One Around on October 10, 2013 at 11:38AM

and processed it in my digital darkroom on April 04, 2018 at 02:01AM

Time Grows On the Cement Self Portrait was uploaded to Flickr

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Photo collage of two images

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I took Time Grows On the Cement Self Portrait on March 06, 2016 at 09:27AM

and processed it in my digital darkroom on January 14, 2018 at 11:38AM

Things Go Back and Forth was uploaded to Flickr

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Metra train, Ogden Avenue

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I took Things Go Back and Forth on May 21, 2013 at 11:58AM

and processed it in my digital darkroom on August 24, 2016 at 11:38AM

Imagine No Smoking No Trespassing was uploaded to Flickr

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Fulton Market, West Loop

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I took Imagine No Smoking No Trespassing on August 10, 2014 at 05:15AM

and processed it in my digital darkroom on April 16, 2016 at 01:10PM

As Though Nothing Was Wrong was uploaded to Flickr

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balcony, Lincoln Park somewhere near (or in) Terra Cotta Row.


Founded in Chicago in 1878 by a group of investors including John R. True, this company became a major producer of terra cotta trimmings used by the construction industry. By the early 1890s, when Northwestern Terra Cotta employed approximately 500 men, annual sales approached $600,000. By 1910, its large plant at Clybourn and Wrightwood Avenues had about 1,000 workers. The popularity of placing terra cotta moldings on building facades peaked in the 1920s, and Northwestern Terra Cotta led the way, in Chicago and around the country. Around this time, the company opened plants in St. Louis and Denver. Beginning with Louis Sullivan earlier in the century, prominent Chicago architects like Frank Lloyd Wright had extensive contracts with the company. Included among the many landmark Chicago buildings for which Northwestern supplied extensive decorative moldings were the Civic Opera House, the Chicago Theater, the Wrigley Building, and the Randolph Tower. Northwestern’s operations in Chicago declined alongside the construction industry during Great Depression and never returned to their 1920s levels. In 1965, Northwestern Terra Cotta Co.’s only remaining plant, in Denver, closed.

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I took As Though Nothing Was Wrong on April 19, 2014 at 07:38AM

and processed it in my digital darkroom on April 03, 2016 at 11:04PM

Of Speed And Skill And Schemes was uploaded to Flickr

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train underpass, River West/West Loop

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I took Of Speed And Skill And Schemes on April 20, 2014 at 01:10PM

and processed it in my digital darkroom on March 03, 2016 at 10:54AM

Remnants of a Red Truck was uploaded to Flickr

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Frostpocket

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I took Remnants of a Red Truck on September 01, 2013 at 09:18AM

and processed it in my digital darkroom on November 04, 2015 at 05:42PM

Frostpocket Mold and Fungi was uploaded to Flickr

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and rust.

Interior of an abandoned truck, Frostpocket

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I took Frostpocket Mold and Fungi on August 31, 2013 at 04:04PM

and processed it in my digital darkroom on October 31, 2015 at 09:59PM

Our Cup Is Going To Empty Itself was uploaded to Flickr

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Sugar Maple and other fallen leaves in the rain, Frostpocket, Ontario.

I cheated a little: this is a photo of a wheelbarrow filling with rain water. There were two leaves, but I added a couple from the ground.

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I took Our Cup Is Going To Empty Itself on September 14, 2014 at 05:54PM

and processed it in my digital darkroom on December 03, 2014 at 03:48AM

Bill Davies Folly was uploaded to Flickr

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Well, maybe folly too strong a word. But he’s owned the Old Chicago Main Post Office on Van Buren for five years, and it can’t be cheap to maintain, pay taxes on, etc.

Latest news is that Sterling Bay has withdrawn from the development.

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I took Bill Davies Folly on April 25, 2014 at 07:29PM

and processed it in my digital darkroom on October 10, 2014 at 02:33AM