Wrigley Building Chicago Black and White Architecture Photography
Chicago’s Clock Tower Framed by Modern Downtown Architecture
The Wrigley Building immediately stands apart from the surrounding architecture. Its ornate clock tower, pale stone facade and intricate detailing create a very different visual character from the larger modern buildings rising around it in downtown Chicago.
What interested me here was that contrast. I framed the Wrigley Building slightly to the left, allowing the darker office tower on the right and the modern high-rise behind it to become part of the composition. The older architecture remains the obvious subject, but the surrounding buildings show how dramatically the city has changed around it.
Black and white was a natural choice because the photograph is built around form, texture and tonal separation. The Wrigley Building catches the light differently from the darker facades nearby, helping its clock tower and decorative stonework stand forward in the frame. Rows of windows repeat across every building, but each structure handles that repetition in a completely different way.
I have always enjoyed photographing cities where different architectural periods exist almost on top of one another. Chicago is especially good for that. A slight change of viewpoint can bring buildings from completely different eras together within a single photograph.
For me, this image is not simply a portrait of the Wrigley Building. It is also about the architectural layering of Chicago itself—ornament beside restraint, light stone against dark glass, and one familiar clock tower holding its place among much larger modern structures.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2011
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