All in all, 2009 was a good year for me Street Photography wise. I fulfilled my boyhood dream of owning a Leica M6, I got my first shakedown by the police, and I consumed another 125 rolls of 35mm film. Add those rolls to the 110 I shot in 2008, and I'm getting pretty darn close to getting over the "Your first 10,000 photos are your worst" hump as attributed to the famous Henri-Cartier Bresson quote.
In the dying days of The Decade From Hell, I'm going to share twelve photos taken of the past year on the Streets of The Zenith City.
January
Every year around the anniversary of the Roe vs Wade decision, The Building For Women gets greeted with an anti-abortion protest.
February
Temperatures have bottomed out. A woman stands on a sidewalk corner on a day that Weather.com lists as Feels Like -22°F.
March
After 95 years in business, The European Bakery closes its door. Here we see a worker removing some wood from the building.
April
A man in a purple coat waits for a bus to arrive along Superior Street.
May
A man stands at a railing near The Plaza's Super One.
June
Construction is underway to extend the sky walk system across Lake Avenue.
July
Summer + Canal Park = Tourists.
August
A man mows a small strip of grass with an awesome old-timey lawnmower.
September
A woman sits in a plastic lawn chair as an intergalactic battle-cruiser floats in the sky behind her. Well, not really. It is actually a huge ore ship on Lake Superior on a very hazy day.
October
No story. Just a man with a hook. It wasn't even Halloween.
November
A man holds onto some parking meters during the annual Christmas City of The North Parade.
December
The sky walk expansion over Lake Avenue is open to the public. Yet, some internal construction work is still going on.
Boarding up The Light
Thoughts on Street Photography: Gluttony of Big Cities
Remembering Winter
Christmas City of the North 2009
Stumbling onto some prints.
December 30th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
The July photo of the tourists in color is the best!
December 30th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Thanks. I like shooting color, and will probably do more of it in 2010. I just hate doing the post process on the color balance.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Love your photos. thanks for the follow on twitter.
are you on facebook / Flickr, for I would love to
keep tabs on your work.
the best of everything to you in the new year and beyond.
Kelly rae Daugherty
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Sure am.
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