FEATURE IMAGE (left to right): State Street, Chicago, July 2015 (STREET I); Motorcycle riders, July 2018 (TRAINS & MOTORCYCLES); Shopper, June 2019 (STREET II); and Kiss in Spring rain, May 2019 (STREET II).
13 Posts.
My Street Photography: 2023 INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE, Downers Grove, Illinois. (11 photos).
FEATURE image: High School band tuba players, July 4, 2023, Independence Day parade, Downers Grove, Illinois, Main Street.
My Street Photography: 2020 BLACK LIVES MATTER march, Downers Grove, Illinois (35 photos).
FEATURE image: The BLM march took place on Main Street on Sunday, June 7, 2020.
Street Photography: MOTORCYCLES. (24 Photos).
Four days after recording Heartbreak Hotel in January 1956 for RCA records in Nashville, Tennessee, 21-year-old Elvis Presley went out and bought a brand-new red-and-white 1956 Harley Davidson KH. Elvis was not yet famous but had already developed a signature style for which this motor bike formed a part. Having affinities with the 1952 KRTT…
Street Photography: SIGNS OF THE TIMES. (76 Photos).
see – https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4090960/user-clip-clintongore-campaign-speech-1992 – retrieved June 20, 2023. The Battle of Stillman’s Run was named for the first engagement between Illinois militia led by Major Isaiah Stillman (1793-1861) and Sauk warriors during the short, storied Black Hawk War in 1832. Maj. Stillman, who was born in Massachusetts, had settled in Illinois and joined its newly-formed…
Street Photography: CARS & TRUCKS. (89 Photos).
FEATURE image: 1970 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Convertible (lipstick red). Like Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang, today’s Dodge Challenger is a modern muscle car that is inspired by — and compared to — the legacy of its 1960s forebear. The 2021 Ford F-150 ‘s solid performance and durability have few competitors in the modern truck market…
My Street Photography: Europe 1970s-2000s (18 Photos).
FEATURE image: July 1984. Marienplatz, Munich, Germany. 7.91mb 91% In 1895 M. Morin, an executive at Le Bon Marché, looked to give his wife a gift. Since the 1860s, Japanese art and its influences and practices (known as “japonisme”) had a profound impact on France’s own fine and popular arts, and this craze became even…
Street Photography: STREET II. (95 Photos).
Photographs ©John P. Walsh William C. “Bill” Henry (1935-1992) for which this portion of 16th Street is named, was a 24th Ward Chicago alderman. Ald. Henry put together the coalition of Black and white aldermen to elect Eugene Sawyer (1934-2008) as mayor of the City of Chicago following the sudden death of Harold Washington (1922-1987), the…
Street Photography: U.S. MIDWEST ROADS. (81 Photos).
Dell Rhea’s Chicken Basket (above in 2016) is 22 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. Its address is 645 Joliet Road, Willowbrook, Illinois. The Chicken Basket is a mandatory dine-in or carry-out stop on a “Midwest Roads” visit. Vintage roadhouse decor and family-oriented service is joined to the menu which features fresh, succulent fried chicken cooked-to-order.…
Street Photography: TRAINS. (38 Photos & Videos).
FEATURE image: Metra Locomotive 129. Westbound, Union Pacific West Line. Author’s photograph, May 2018. More details on this train in post below. Video of same run of Metra Locomotive 185 (above), westbound BSNF Railway Line, August 2022. The Brown Line (also known as the Ravenswood Line) is part of the Chicago “El” or “L” rapid…
