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Independence CornerPosted by grant (kansas city, United States) on 8 January 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio. Independence, Missouri
Comments (30)
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United Statesthe fat lady has sung. best...jerry 8 Jan 2009 6:07am @ordinaryimages: i think she's been singing all over this part of town... Will Williams from Bailey, United StatesI've driven through a lot of towns like this in the mid west, they all have this sense of melancholy, you've caught that atmosphere strongly here. 8 Jan 2009 6:36am @Will Williams: thanks will - i appreciate that. Suzanne from Huntington Bch, United StatesGreat documentary...beautifully photographed. 8 Jan 2009 7:04am roentarre from Melbourne, AustraliaExcellent black and white photograph. The conversion is great 8 Jan 2009 8:26am Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United StatesExcellent shot! Where are the people? Where are the people? 8 Jan 2009 9:42am @Howard F.: howard, if you had a place like this, would you go outside? Robert from Kingsville, CanadaSo much independence everyone decided to leave ! I like this . 8 Jan 2009 12:58pm JJ from Jersey City, United StatesThe light and long shadows are superb, looks like a ghost town no one in site 8 Jan 2009 1:00pm dogilicious from Millerstown, PA, United StatesAnother great capture of the shadow. I had the same thought as Howard, it looks like a ghost town. 8 Jan 2009 1:02pm Don from spokane, United StatesAn interesting corner with its huge overhang and odd sized doorway. I don't mind the absence of people in this shot. Nice one. 8 Jan 2009 4:27pm daina from United StatesAs in this one there is something very sparse and pared down in your images – something one associates with New England as well as the mid west. I like the expanse of this one very much. 8 Jan 2009 4:47pm @daina: thanks daina. that's an interesting comment. i'll have to think about it. Bill from Belton, United StatesI enjoy the multiplicity of square corners in this image Grant. 8 Jan 2009 4:59pm Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United StatesSuch a barren feel to the geometry of this view. It is both intriguing and somewhat sad to me. Great image, Grant. 8 Jan 2009 5:14pm @Stephen Phillips: thanks stephen. Nilla from Continent: Europe, SwedenHm, your photos makes me wonder things ... 8 Jan 2009 6:29pm @Nilla: thanks nilla. and if you ever come up with any answers, please let me know... david from columbus, ohio, United Statesi love the emptiness and ordinariness of the vistas captured in your shots...they sum up to me why i find small-town america so appealing. 8 Jan 2009 7:33pm Observing from West Cheshire, United KingdomI'm expecting to see tumbleweeds coming down the street. Super shot. 9 Jan 2009 12:04am @Observing: great comment. thanks mike. Matt Sutton from Sydney, Australiabrilliant Grant. such clarity and definition in your work. 9 Jan 2009 12:12am @Matt Sutton: thanks very much matt Suzanne from Huntington Bch, United StatesTerrific shot. Reminds me of the work of David Plowden. 9 Jan 2009 1:40am @Suzanne: thanks suzanne. i really admire his photos. John Maslowski from Dallas, PA, United StatesExcellent shot and love the bw processing. Great grayscale image. 9 Jan 2009 2:12am Caryn Caldwell from United StatesLove the desolation here, and the monochrome effect only adds to it. 9 Jan 2009 2:46am sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United StatesI know I've been in Independence before, but I can't remember anything specific. This entire corner looks abandoned. 9 Jan 2009 4:31am @sherri: independence is best known as the home of harry s. truman and the harry s. truman library. it's also a center of one branch of mormanism (although i don't know which one). michele from Canadai like the framing and that we see beyond one corner to the next one. 9 Jan 2009 5:04am GJC from Kyoto, JapanI really like this one. Not only do we get that great structure in the foreground, but you give us a background, too, which really adds to the mood. I like the composition. 9 Jan 2009 7:43am @GJC: thanks gjc! cat from Tel Aviv, IsraelI love the shadows -- and how quiet and alone it feels. 9 Jan 2009 10:35am bluechameleon from Vancouver, CanadaI'm beginning to thing that mayb you live in a ghost town. What a great find...a modern day spagetti western! 9 Jan 2009 10:11pm Lucca from Cologne, GermanyFor me this scene has a lot of melancholy. I like this capture. 10 Jan 2009 9:09am @Lucca: thanks lucca @Mindy: :-) thanks mindy! dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United Stateslove the gloomy silence here -- almost if the shadow can speak... mournful and glorious!! 21 Jan 2009 6:13am |