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Independence Corner
Posted by grant (kansas city, United States) on 8 January 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Independence, Missouri
Fuji GS645
Tmax 100
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
the 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 States
I'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 States
Great documentary...beautifully photographed.
8 Jan 2009 7:04am
roentarre from Melbourne, Australia
Excellent black and white photograph. The conversion is great
8 Jan 2009 8:26am
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
Excellent 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, Canada
So much independence everyone decided to leave ! I like this .
8 Jan 2009 12:58pm
JJ from Jersey City, United States
The 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 States
Another 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 States
An 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 States
As 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 States
I enjoy the multiplicity of square corners in this image Grant.
8 Jan 2009 4:59pm
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
Such 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, Sweden
Hm, your photos makes me wonder things ...
For example, today, why have they built such a broadly eaves? This is the best thing with your photos, I must pause and reflect.
Great light and sky!
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 States
i 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 Kingdom
I'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, Australia
brilliant Grant. such clarity and definition in your work.
9 Jan 2009 12:12am
@Matt Sutton: thanks very much matt
Suzanne from Huntington Bch, United States
Terrific 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 States
Excellent shot and love the bw processing. Great grayscale image.
9 Jan 2009 2:12am
Caryn Caldwell from United States
Love the desolation here, and the monochrome effect only adds to it.
9 Jan 2009 2:46am
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
I 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 Canada
i like the framing and that we see beyond one corner to the next one.
9 Jan 2009 5:04am
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
I 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, Israel
I love the shadows -- and how quiet and alone it feels.
9 Jan 2009 10:35am
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
I'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, Germany
For 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 States
love the gloomy silence here -- almost if the shadow can speak... mournful and glorious!!
21 Jan 2009 6:13am
