Chicago Clock Tower Black and White Architecture Photography
Historic Brick Architecture Framed Against a Modern Chicago Skyscraper
Two completely different ideas of Chicago architecture share the same frame here. The older brick clock tower rises through the centre while a modern glass skyscraper pushes upward behind it, creating the kind of architectural collision that continually catches my attention in the city.
I wanted both buildings to remain important. The clock tower has weight, texture and detail—arched windows, brickwork and the large circular clock faces—while the skyscraper behind it is almost the opposite. Its surface is a disciplined grid of glass and narrow structural lines. One feels solid and tactile; the other sleek and repetitive.
The low viewpoint exaggerates that contrast. Both structures climb toward the open sky, while the long brick building sweeps diagonally across the bottom of the photograph. That angle gives the scene much of its energy and prevents it from becoming a straightforward record of the buildings.
Black and white brings the architecture together without hiding their differences. Brick, glass, windows and shadow become variations of tone and pattern, and the strong geometry begins to matter as much as the individual structures themselves.
This is one of the things I enjoy most about photographing Chicago. I can find an older building and a modern skyscraper occupying the same view, each representing a completely different approach to the city. Rather than isolating one from the other, I wanted the photograph to be about the relationship between them.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2024
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Every photograph in my collection comes from my own travels, explorations, and years behind the camera.
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