PHOTOGRAPHY

Observations gathered before they become drawings, rooms, or designs.

A tall glass tower disappearing into fog beside another high-rise.

A street with colorful murals on garage doors and a parked van.

Downtown towers and a church spire at blue hour with colored lights in the skyline.

A gray cat perched on top of a dark wooden fence against a pale sky.

The Shakespeare's Pizza storefront at night with lit signs and kitchen windows.

Chicago buildings around Water Tower Place with historic stone architecture and tall modern towers.

An Oceano Market and Gas sign mounted above a sidewalk and roadside wall.

An aqua and glass building with rounded forms, hedges, and a partly cloudy sky.

White rabbit sculptures arranged in a circle on grass near a coastal park.

A utility pole and many overhead wires silhouetted against a gray sky.

A colorful public lobby with red walls, yellow lockers, a scenic wall image, and people seated.

A black-and-white view of unfinished scenic wall units with window openings and textured plywood.

A person walking on a bright ship deck beneath curved white davits and long shadows.

An interior view looking up through a blue glass skylight with ornate ironwork.

A person standing on the ladder of a yellow railcar in bright sunlight.

A Metra entrance with ornate metalwork, red lamps, and a blue evening sky.

An elevated train platform with tracks, steel framing, and brick buildings beyond.

The Mayne theatre marquee glowing at night with blue and red neon.

A detailed brick apartment facade with parked cars in front.

Cloud Gate in Chicago reflecting the surrounding plaza and skyline.

The Wolfy's Vienna Beef sign with a large red hot dog shape above the street.

A domed civic building with columns and broad steps under gray clouds.

A glowing Glenn's Cafe sign at night above a city sidewalk.

A University of Missouri stone clock tower photographed from below against a blue sky.

A city alley looking upward between tall buildings toward a bright blue sky.

A close view of dried field plants with a meadow and blue sky in the background.

A close portrait of a smiling woman in front of softly blurred autumn leaves.

Tall trees rising vertically in a dense green forest.

A Bavarian-style building with flags, painted trim, and snow along the street.

An orange cat sitting on a high wooden shelf above white kitchen containers.

A white ribbed pedestrian tunnel with a concrete path rising toward a circular opening.

A person standing beneath a large panda mural painted on a light wall.

A scene shop interior with ladders, platforms, lumber, and people working at a table.

A green vintage Volkswagen Beetle parked on a city street.

A model space shuttle and orange rocket boosters displayed in an open shopping plaza.

“I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.”

Christopher Isherwood, The Berlin Stories