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.
Comments (15)
Chipka
I remember this day! I remember you making this shot. I love the contrast and the really unexpected diagonals. They dominate this shot and that's a good thing. I suspect verticals and horizontals would have just muddled the image but these nice horizontal lines really play well with the overall urbanness of this shot. I love the stretchy shadows and the splashes of color emerging from darkness or kinda edging toward light. The colors are a nice group of anchors. Really well seen! I like this a lot. On the flip-side of that, I am now thinking about the Clay People from the old, Buster Crabbe Flash Gordon and I have their accompanying music playing in my head. Are the Shadow People also from Mongo? Are they interested in kidnapping Dale Arden so that Flash can come rescue her and get his shirt ripped? Just askin'.
beachzz
All kinds of great stuff here--love this shot!
auntietk
I love the guy who isn't there. When I first looked at this I thought it would be cool to postwork out all the people and leave their shadows, and then bang! ... I saw the guy. OUTstanding image (even if he were there!), and one that could only be made in a city with hard surfaces to walk on. A dirt path would never be so dramatic. Love it!
kgb224
Superb capture Corey. God Bless.
durleybeachbum
Brilliant! SO well seen.
fallen21
Amazing capture!
cfulton
I do like this! Great title for a superb photograph, Clive
Feliciti
like such POV and light/shadowplay !!
thecytron
Interesting shadow play!
flavia49
fantastic
jeanebean
Great Shot Corey! Makes me homesick. Used to arrive for work and head home from here. Never looked as good as in your photo however. Like the POV and the long shadows.
angora
really cool capture!!!
nikolais
great contrast and POV!
pauldeleu
The red-composition and black shadow people are beautiful. Excellent!
moochagoo
Really excellent picture.