This photo of the Arch was taken three and a half years ago, around the time my obsession began. Compare it to today's picture on St. Louis Daily Photo, shot earlier this month. This shows the reflection of the afternoon sun streaming down the plates of the north leg. There is some simplicity and purity that I've lost in recent pictures of the monument. Let us know what you think.
I'm going with the pure and simple. THis is amazing. I love seeing "her" up close (or is it a "he"?). I want to reach out and run my hand on those plates. Good one B. V
Once upon a time I took welding lessons and I've done some construction work, have been around a lot of welders. I would love to hear some stories about what it was like to build The Arch. I guess I'll have to go to your resources in the sidebar and do some more reading.
GATEWAY is a record of my photographs of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, the city where I live. I am obsessed with our great monument. It is a paean to American Westward expansion. The Arch was completed in 1966 and stands 630 feet / 192 meters high. It is exactly as wide as it is tall.
To me, the Arch is the most beautiful monumental sculpture in the world. I look at it every day as I drive to work and from my office window. It has moods. It is different at every hour, in every season and in every kind of weather. I never tire of it. For the last few years I have photographed it over and over, trying to avoid postcard cliches. Each time I carry my camera to its feet I look for something new.
Most of these pictures have been published in my other blog, St. Louis Daily Photo, documenting local life since March 2007. Come have a look.
All images and text on this blog are copyright Robert A. Crowe. All rights reserved. No use without express permission.
Lawyer for a living until I had enough, photographer for passion and satisfaction, worker in downtown St. Louis for 47 years. What I see is what you get.
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I'm going with the pure and simple. THis is amazing. I love seeing "her" up close (or is it a "he"?). I want to reach out and run my hand on those plates. Good one B.
V
Once upon a time I took welding lessons and I've done some construction work, have been around a lot of welders. I would love to hear some stories about what it was like to build The Arch. I guess I'll have to go to your resources in the sidebar and do some more reading.
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