It’s ALIVE!!! (Part I: Getting Acquainted with What You Already Know)
February 17, 2011
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'Airport', by Peter Fischli and David Weiss
The first task of this semester’s project is to use photography to document and explore places with which I assume I am familiar. Of course, this leads to the discovery that I know very little about my usual surroundings. It also leads me to discover that I have A LOT to learn about photography.
The photo above by Fischli and Weiss serves as a precedent in photography that beautifies the banal; I strive in the photos below to carefully represent the everyday atmosphere of Logan Square, a neighborhood on the brink of a cultural and economic shift. The photos below are selections from a larger set of site study images.
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Trudy Watt
amongum. 
Nice. All of it. Favorite: “Costumers Parking.” I’ve always wanted a special parking spot. Now I know where I’m appreciated. For, I AM a costumer! Plus, I love that I’ve been to see you often enough in Logan Square to recognize some of the images. It makes me feel, well, all like a Mommy and what not.