All tagged Chinatown

Off-Kilter

Off-Kilter

Jack Siegel
Chicago, Architecture, Chicago Tourism, Urban Landscapes

Today, I ventured out with an infrared camera. My subject was the Chicago River from Michigan Avenue to Chinatown. The output includes high contrast monochrome images, with some color tossed in. These are classic tourist shots, but with a twist. Along the way, László Moholy-Nagy and Bertrand Goldberg make appearances. After watching a documentary on Moholy-Nagy, I had to bend things a bit.

Window

Window

Jack Siegel
Chicago, Windows

My signature slogan "tomorrow's garage sale today," came to mind when I came upon this window in Chicago's Chinatown.  This particular dealer is on Wentworth Avenue, which is the main drag in this concentrated community.  I hadn't been down to Chinatown in a few years.  The restaurants appear to be multiplying, but there seemed to be a lot of vacant store fronts.