Images selected for the 3rd Annual CoPA Juried Show

Interactions in the urban environment… a found image which embodies the mood or character of the time. These images not only document and portray, they also arouse a viewer’s senses, emotion and intellect.

The “L” – one of the seven wonders of Chicago. Since 1892

Post season cruising at the Crown Fountain, Millennium Park, Chicago Illinois – since 2004.


More information on the show is here.

Sydney Hih...

It's character remains hidden inside...

This montage was made from Images of posters inside Sydney Hih when it was open to the public during the last week in August, 2009. Neil Gasparka prepared several rooms in Sydney Hih as an information center and museum of the Park East public art exhibit, which was funded by the Milwaukee Arts Board and arts group IN:SITE. I'm happy that I had the opportunity to take interior photos of this Milwaukee landmark.

The original building was the first brick commercial building in Milwaukee, built in 1876 by a pioneering surgeon, Nicholas Senn.

In 1971, the Cream City brick building was purchased by Sydney Eisenberg and painted its (locally) famous multi-colored patchwork. But Sydney Hih’s real value is not in its architecture — it’s in the fantastic cultural scene that lasted for decades.

It’s a place of legend for local artists and musicians, many of whom lived in makeshift apartments and shared bathrooms to get by. Nirvana, Soundgarden and The Smashing Pumpkins played the Unicorn before hitting it big. Theatre X had some of its earliest rehearsals in the building. Artists like Prophet Blackmon made and sold his art there, too.

(Information from JS Online articles by Mary Louise Schumacher.)

At this time, Sydney Hih still stands and the Palomar is no more. Across the street, the planned 30 floor Moderne is working out a deal with the City of Milwaukee to complete its financing. Sydney Hih remains empty, void of any sustainable infrastructure - an enigma in the Park East Corridor.

The New Fall Collection...

We took a ride last Sunday with several stops in mind, along with a final destination.

At the Neiman apple orchard store.

Covered bridge park in Cedarburg


The Horicon Marsh.

Chicago, and the last day of summer weather in the midwest.

September 27, 2009.... A group of photographers from CoPA took a bus trip to Chicago and spent about 5-1/2 hours on Michigan Avenue and the Millennium Park area. There was no particular objective but to photograph and enjoy the camaraderie. The Chicago architecture is particularly impressive - I enjoyed the lines and reflections.

Trump Tower, the second tallest building in Chicago...


Chicago Civic Opera Center from the Water Taxi on the Chicago River...


The Crown Fountain in Millennium Park ...

IN:SITE Park East Corridor Public Art Project

This video is a collection of images created from the recent public art project brought to Milwaukee by IN:SITE. Many of the involved artists installations are represented as well as some rare views from inside Sydney Hih.


"Disinterment" by Gary John Gresl, a faux archaeological dig site embellished with objects. This is a High Dynamic Range image processed in Photomatix.


"cede" by Annushka Peck, a billboard map of the Park East.


"Uniting the Fence" by Kasia Drake, a community volunteer effort to alter a chain-link fence with fabric. The image was rendered in Corel Painter®.

Watching the fabric dance
on a chain-link fence.



Sydney Hih - a Milwaukee landmark and location of several IN:SITE projects including photographs by several CoPA members.

Closed doors...

I wonder what closed doors are all about. More later.

More from the Chicago Botanic Garden

Paintings:


Pencil sketch emulation in Photoshop®

Pier Wisconsin on Lake Michigan...

Discovery World, connecting innovation, science, technology and the environment with exploration and learning through interactive exhibits and experiential learning programs; and the S/V Denis Sullivan - the world’s only re-creation of a 19th century three-masted Great Lakes schooner.

This first image is a 48" x 16" panoramic image made from six different images approximately 11" x 17" (vertical) each and stitched together in Adobe Photoshop® Photomerge. Each image was photographed with a Canon 5D (full frame sensor) and a 50mm lens at 6 AM on August 2, 2009.

This image is a 20" x 10" (cropped) wide angle view of a single image photographed with a Canon 20D and a 16-35mm lens at 16mm, at 6:20 AM on August 2, 2009. While the buildings appear larger in this image, the image itself is about 1/2 the size of the panorama.

Here is another panoramic view (50" x 15") featuring the S/V Denis Sullivan, but not the full depth of Discovery World. The lower east side Milwaukee skyline is in the background.

Discovery World.

Chicago Botanic Garden - a panoramic view.

Kathy & I took a day trip to this Gem in the Cook County Forest Preserve. The Japanese garden is one of the 23 gardens on the 365 acre site. Sansho-En, the garden of three islands, is a tribute to simple beauty and form. Click on the image to see a (much) larger view.

Brady Street Photowalk

Brady Street is filled with coffee houses, nightclubs, restaurants, vintage clothing and thrift stores. Saturday, July 18th from 4 - 6PM saw over 50 photographers descend on the area to put Brady Street on the photo enthusiast map.
Brady Street duplex.

In the 1880's, Brady Street became a commercial district of Yankee and German shops. In the 1960's, Italians and other groups began to leave the neighborhood for the suburbs, while the hippies and other bohemians moved in. The 1980's saw blight, neglect and decay, but now the area has been revitalized and has become a model for New Urbanism.

Scattered showers.

New business on Brady Street.