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 (14)
danapommet
I always thought that you couldn't break those glass blosks with less that a gun shot. Live and learn. Great look to this capture. Dana
Sea_Dog
Amazing work - well seen Corey. The colors and lighting through the glass and the cracks all work so well together. Great job.
bmac62
Smashing photo Corey:) Like it... I am a little lost for words too. But it fits right into your gallery of urban photos.
cv1
Good eye for interesting photos! Many would just see this and call it a bust but you have managed to make it art!
auntietk
I can hear the song ... You always have me running to look things up. This time it was Pentecostal Romanians. Honestly ... the things my brain latches on to!! Love the picture. The color of the cracks is most excellent!
beachzz
Another of your most wonderful city scenes---love the color!!
flavia49
excellent image!!
durleybeachbum
The cracks look filled with gold! some vague connection flickered in my mind between that and wealthy Romanians speaking in tongues but it was only a flicker.
jmb007
superbe photo!
Miska7
Very interesting image. Great lighting and textures! Excellent capture!
sandra46
excellent web on the glass pane, the effect is really fascinating
goodoleboy
Superbly captured and rendered! The whole ambiance in this stunning capture of the shattered glass is spooky and reminds me of a scene from a horror movie, many of which I've seen in my long stay on the planet.
Chipka
Pentacostal Romanians occupying what was once a synagogue! That's Chicago for you. At least I think the place used to be a synagogue...Pentacostals don't exactly build things along those particular architectural lines, and well...I could be wrong, but I think the name of the original synagogue is still on the current church. I'll have to check that out when I'm back up there. And now, onto something different. This shot! WOW! I know that window, I know those cracks, I've photographed them as well, and I have to say that it's endlessly fascinating. You captured the light quite well, and the colors are so richer than I'd commonly expect of...well...of cracked glass block. It looks almost gem-like in nature, like some rare species of diamond mined from wherever rare species of diamonds are mined from. And well...what can I say? I love this shot. And yeah, like Tara and Andrea, my mind is trying to wrap itself around Pentacostal Romanians, especially since I've seen some of them, and the little old ladies all look like traditional, not-exactly-Pentacostal babushkas with that surly edge that babushkas get, when there are enough of them together. Little old lady gangs! Oooh, there's another image that this photo has conjured. This is a great shot.
myrrhluz
This sent me off in various directions too. I found an interesting bicycle tour of the Albany Park area with lots of images, history and architectural information. There I found the Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church and that it was designed by two brothers (named Pond) that also designed the Jane Adams’ Hull House. Then I went off to refresh my memory on the connections of the Unitarian religion with Romania. It was in Transylvania, in the 16th century that the first Unitarian congregations were established, an edict of religious toleration was declared in 1568 under the reign of John Sigismund (first and only Unitarian king), whose court preacher stated, “We need not think alike to love alike.” All very interesting stuff to me, but.... This is a terrific image! I love the golden light of the cracks and the white ghostly ones below them. That looks like a hole at the top! I wonder what happened here! Beautiful patterns! I like the radiating wispy tendrils from the massive ball of gold and the crescent shape to its left. Wonderful light and detail! The combination of the wavering light and patterns caused by the glass block and the exuberant slashes of the gold of the shattered glass is quite marvelous! Excellent capture!