I think I used this photo on my St. Louis Daily Photo Blog way back when. It didn't get a lot of response but I like it a lot. People will pose for you if you are polite and friendly. Love his eyes and low rider jeans.
It's such a perfectly composed photo and he could be doing, or getting ready to do, anything. Cool shot for sure. And kind of unusual for you since you don't often include people in your Arch photos.
I remember this shot very well from your St. Louis blog and like PJ, I like it very much. It's a brilliant portrait really and I can't understand why it didn't get more attention. But then, that happens to me all the time at GDP - images that I think are some of my best often get virtually no response. Go figure. In the end one has to trust one's instincts and yours are spot on here. It's a great picture and when you do your show, I hope this one's in the running. Cheers!
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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It's such a perfectly composed photo and he could be doing, or getting ready to do, anything. Cool shot for sure. And kind of unusual for you since you don't often include people in your Arch photos.
I remember this shot very well from your St. Louis blog and like PJ, I like it very much. It's a brilliant portrait really and I can't understand why it didn't get more attention. But then, that happens to me all the time at GDP - images that I think are some of my best often get virtually no response. Go figure. In the end one has to trust one's instincts and yours are spot on here. It's a great picture and when you do your show, I hope this one's in the running. Cheers!
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