I think Roosevelt University, a private university based in Chicago, shown in the right of the photograph above, should get an award for the choice of this eye-catching oversize postcard sent to my 15-y.o. son, who is currently finishing his sophomore year in high school, hopefully passing all :cough:advancedchemistry:cough: classes. The photograph which comprises the postcard is of a public art piece done by Anish Kapoor, Cloud Gate, also called The Bean or The Jelly Bean, installed here in Chicago in July, 2004. The one with the seams is a much-copied photo from my collection. I find it all over the Internets, LOL. Sometimes they even attribute it to me (yay!)
I have a photo album of the opening of Millennium Park, of it's beginnings when they unveiled it before it was done. Even parts of the huge gardens in Millennium Park had been put in the night before the grand opening to the public.
Anyway, the whole point of Roosevelt University sending this to us was to "make us look" which we both did, him exclaiming, "Cool!" showing me, and me doing the same.
We, I actually, heh, have a little love affair with The Bean (but so do lots of other people). People appreciate the work and talent that went into it and the fun parts--which is enjoying it a different way each time you see it.
Back in '04 I was using a 2.1 pixel Canon Powershot. I still swear by Powershot, now 8.1 pixel.
These are some of my favourite day shots of Cloud Gate that I took. The weather here is more cloudy than not so it's hard trying for a shot of gray building, a silver-coloured subject (The Bean) and lovely, grey skies. :p
Cool effects.
Posted by: Dan | May 13, 2008 at 07:39 AM