Brad Pitt and I share the exact same birthday (month, day, year) outside of that, our stories diverge considerably. Mr. Pitt went on to become an internationally famous superstar, while I have led the much more interesting life of the starving artist. I come from a long line of storytellers (whose gift for gab stretches back through the mists of time to our native Ireland) and professional malcontents who were seemingly born to create something in the arts, be it music, writing, sculpture, painting, or photography. I started writing at age 12 with a screenplay with my cousin Ryan about a planet where everyone looked like Elton John entitled "Don't I Know You?" More screenplays followed, several of which received epic Super-8 production with budgets that sometimes ran up to $10. A few even had sound!  More writing followed: songs, poems, short stories, numerous unfinished novels, etc.. Somewhere in there was an attempt at being a rock star...
Still living at home, at age 22, my father dropped an elderly Nikromatt 35-mm film camera into my lap, in the hopes that I would "make a go of it" as a photojournalist. That didn't happen, but I did develop an abiding love of photography that along with writing and archival work have been among the chief passions of my life. When it comes to my photography, I try to be as creative as possible while at the same time striving for a documentary/archival quality. The only set rules I adhere to, when it comes to making pictures are: 1.) Try not to make the picture blurry, and 2.) Don't drop the camera.
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Comments (7)
Sea_Dog
Great work. I love finding these details in old buildings. Sadly they're getting harder to find.
danapommet
So well done Corey. Super sharp and detailed capture. Dana
durleybeachbum
Even the brickwork is exquisite! I for one would be happy to see a long series of this stuff, Corey, before it is lost to us. A superb photo..and I am impressed at the early start!
helanker
A great capture of a very beautiful building. You are right Chicago is beautiful in many ways. Not that I have been there, but I have seen plenty of pictures from there, Also from Mark. :)
auntietk
You could show me stuff like this every day for months, and I'd never tire of it. What a fabulous bit of architectural detail! sigh You make me want to come back ...
Chipka
As they've all said above, the details in this are quite exquisite! Chicago does have quite a few architectural gems and I'm glad that a few of them have remained. Unfortunately blandness rules supreme in the modern Chicagoan's mind and so a lot of this could be lost in the upcoming decades...but that's so Chicago. This is really nice work, incredibly detailed. It wasn't until I really looked at this that I noticed all of the jumbled symbols in this ONE piece of work...faces, shields, wreaths, garlands...everything but the kitchen sink, but I think I simply didn't look carefully enough, there might actually be a kitchen sink in there. This is fantastic work!
myrrhluz
This is wonderful! I love architectural detail! I bought a book called "Subway Style: 100 Years of Architecture and Design in the New York City Subway" (of course, after I was back home from visiting my sister in NYC) It has wonderful images of mosaics and other decorative works in the subway. I'm planning on tracking some of them down when I see her in the spring. This is a beautiful building and your capture is superb! Wonderful clarity and color! I like the color scheme with the dark brick and tan carvings. The littler carving on the left is very pretty too. Even nature adds her bit, with wonderful shadows of the tree! Excellent!