A New View

Have you ever seen some of the old photographs of cities? Seen the old cars, old clothing styles on people as they crossed the street, and the older buildings created by craftsmen? When I recently went to the top of a new parking garage in Milwaukee, I had that kind of dejavu.

As I framed up the image, just wanting to capture the light, late snowfall coming down on a popular East Side intersection, I thought of the old images I'd seen of Milwaukee in the early 1900's. Some photographer saw it fit to record day to day activities as they unfolded on the street.
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And there I was, doing the same thing! Documenting the same pedestrian happenings. The billboards, the tailights of the cars, and the snow falling, But there was something different about my image. Something that separated it from those images made long ago - it was color. When the truck moved into the intersection I was snapped back to the present, still documenting, but showing a different perspective to an image that was unavailable years ago.