IceCycle by CoreyBlack
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This bike has been sitting, abandoned, outside of the Ravenswood (Brown Line) switching yard on Lawrence Avenue, since I moved back into Albany Park three months ago. It's probably been there a lot longer. In that time period, various parts of it began to disappear. When I made this picture (about two hours into a snow storm) someone had recently absconded with the handlebars....
This picture was actually made on February 9th 2010.
**As soon as I have a regular internet connection, I'll be commenting a lot more.
Comments (14)
micturn
Extraordinary.
watapki66
Really wonderful work!
beachzz
Great shot--but I wonder where the owner went? Things like that always occur to me--the story behind the story!!
Chipka
Yeah, and my question is simple. Who the heck would take handle bars? Maybe they needed them, but for what...? How random. I mean...handle bars? This also reminds me of that IKEA commercial I saw about the lamp sitting abandoned in the rain with sad music playing and a loving camera pan that pulled back to show a woman in her apartment, enjoying warmth and dryness...and the music remained sad and weepy until the announcer with a strong Teutonic accent broke in saying: "I bet you were sad for this lamp. Are you crazy? It's an inanimate object and the new one works so much better." I love this shot, it's very moody and rather like that lamp that draws our affections before we realize that the "new one" works even better.
blinkings
IceCycle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it.
Hubert
Great word play and great shot!! :)
durleybeachbum
Maybe there is a time lapse series starting here...with v e r y l o n g lapses of course, as it gradually vanishes.
auntietk
Before I read what you had to say, I thought "How clever, to take the handlebars with you so nobody steals your bike!" LOL! Can't you just imagine someone wandering around Chicago doing their shopping and meeting friends ... with bike handlebars in hand??? Talk about random! I shouldn't comment this early in the morning. My brain cells have not yet come into alignment. LOVE the title!
AndreiR
well seen, well thought, well done!
blondeblurr
When people/owners chain up their bikes here in OZ, they usually take a tyre with them...but handlebars ? that's new to me! and why not ? This is an intriguing shot, well observed...and good find. BB
kwami
"cool" shot
helanker
HAHA! That is also a way to move old junk away, but too slow, if you ask me. LOL! An excellent shot BTW.
EricSBauer
Awesome capture! I can't think of anything that's not perfect with this shot, very well done!
cfulton
Black and white in colour. Very well done, well done on LWITG, Clive