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Under bridges.

10th Ave Bridge, Minneapolis 2002

This was another large format shot with a big monorail camera, which makes for quite a chore in the Minnesota winter. Overcast winter days can be dreary, but they are the best for most types of photography. This might be my most detailed 4×5″ shot I’ve ever taken, and I love the subtle tones and textures of all the different surfaces.

This is the 10th Avenue Bridge. It’s on the National Register of Historic Places and began construction in 1926! Some might find this photo more interesting once I point out that the other bridge, on the left, is the 35W one that collapsed in 2007. That one began construction 38 years later in 1964. Both bridges took about three years to build. We travel over bridges and other structures all the time, and never think twice about any of the various aspects of their history or design. Sometimes it’s worth exploring and looking under the hood.

Sleeping with the Fishes.

Random pic of some fish we caught in Mexico, back when I still carried a film camera on vacation.

Girders.

The Minneapolis "ruins," under the Stone Arch Bridge, next to the Mississippi. Now that the museum and lofts are finished, I believe things aren't quite like this down there now. For those not familiar with large format, this is a scan of the entire 4x5 inch film, which is why you see the crimp marks, etc...

Cows.

Spring Break/ College Series, Polaroid Negative

I have a lot of great images of college life. This is an unusual one, even for me, in that I took it a 4×5 camera using Polaroid positive/negative film. The film was old and this is a scan of the imperfect negative that resulted from the process, not an “edge effect” added in Photoshop. My inspiration for this shot was all of the wristbands that the bars/clubs on South Padre require of their partiers. Taken in 2002 or so.