From the rooftop.
Showing posts with label swimming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swimming. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Back to Ada Park
Ada Park, where it all began... Now that I have photographed every pool on my list, I went back to Ada to get a self portrait.
Went back to Ada where it all started and got some better shots of the signs (da Park). I made it there for open swim. The water was deliciously cold. I met a young man (brent, 16) I whipped him in a swim race across the short end of the pool and later whipped him and and his friend to the rope. hahaha. He helped me take the above shots.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Thanks, Thursday!
Thank you, Thursday!
I had a sweet photoshoot today with my good friend's kids (below).
Drove up north to Gompers Park, where the old black woman working the door let me into "family swim" because, "It's hotter than Hell today..." Took pics of a nice Latin Family with a baby, swam.
Hit two more pools, swam some more.
Picked up my framed Jason Lazarus print at Yoko's.
And now, Sultan's Market! Delicious, well-deserved treat. It's a pain in the ass getting there and parking because it is like 4:30 at the 6 corners. I throw on my flashers and as I'm running up the street to the store a huge SUV (with rims!) turns the wrong way down the street. Stops and an undercover detective leans out the window, points at me:
Him: Get over here!
Me: (walks over, might be worth mentioning here that I am in a wet bikini and towel)
Him: (angry) You can't just make a U-turn WHEREVER YOU WANT! You CANNOT drive your car in reverse down a one way street, and I'm pretty sure YOU CAN'T PARK THERE!
Me: So....move my car? (thinking, Gosh, when you put it like that...)
Him: YES! Move your car. (stares at me)
Me: and...don't drive like a jerk?
Him: Yeah, (almost to himself) don't drive like a jerk.
OK, no Sultan's for me...
Him: (overheard as he tries to get out of his bad spot facing the wrong way on a one way street with a packed North Avenue behind him) Get out of my fucking way!
Hahahahaha, where does he think I learned to drive like that? Hello, watching cops!! It was like my audacity personally offended him(...only people like HIM can drive like THAT, and only in the name of justice!) And/or he was sort of in awe of my sweet git-r-done driving skills.
hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Feelin' lucky.
Went home and BBQ'd myself some ribs.
Monday, July 19, 2010
More South Side Pools
Avalon - 1215 E. 83rd St.
Grand Crossing - 7655 S Ingleside Ave
Russel Square - 3045 E 83rd St
More on my flickr.
Grand Crossing - 7655 S Ingleside Ave
Russel Square - 3045 E 83rd St
More on my flickr.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Bessemer
8930 S. Muskegon Ave.
I got shut down here by a pimply faced life guard and two fat women, one white and one black. Exterior shots only.
I got shut down here by a pimply faced life guard and two fat women, one white and one black. Exterior shots only.
Tuley
501 E. 90th
More pictures on my flickr.
Best quote from Tuley:
“damn, that lady tattoo on your back looks like lil wayne!”
More pictures on my flickr.
Best quote from Tuley:“damn, that lady tattoo on your back looks like lil wayne!”
Mt. Greenwood
3721 W 111th St.
Mt. Greenwood was my third pool and the first white (or not majority black) pool that I photographed. I took the same approach as before. This pool is accessed through locker rooms, so I went into the building, into the women's locker room and onto the deck. All with out seeing a single person. I removed my shoes. Took out my camera and took a picture.
You can see a crazy woman entering my frame from the left side in the above shot. When I took my camera down she was righ next to me. Who are you!! Who let you in?! she wanted to know. I laughed at the thought of someone “letting me in”. The building was unmanned from what I could tell and all the doors were propped open. I told her who I was and what I was doing. She was concerned that I had taken a photograph of her Summer Camp kids.
HER: You'll have to delete that.
ME: It's FILM.
HER: Well, I think I may need to confiscate your film.
Again I laughed a little. No one has the right to confiscate a photographers film, let alone for taking a picture AT A PUBLIC PARK.*
I calmly walked back to her bosses office with her. He was a nice looking, middle-aged white guy. She anxiously explained the situation to him. After I introduced myself to him and gave him my card he seemed convinced that I was not a threat in the least and was able to calm her a bit. She was very concerned about the photo because the camp kids have to sign a waiver to be photographed (BY THE PARK DISTRICT – NOT ME). She cited privacy concerns and then proceeded to make me vaguely aware of details of the various private situations going on with her camp kids, including foster kids and adoption etc.... HELLO – privacy. It was way more then I needed to know. Her boss made a call to some mean ass woman at the park district and she told me that I needed permission from her to take pictures at the pool and if I wanted to take pictures of “anything else” I could call some other Park District asshole. I took the number, thanked everyone and made my exit.
*That night, when discussing the issue with my roommate he brought up the Photographers Bill of Rights. Which states in part:
Members of the public have a very
limited scope of privacy rights when
they are in public places. Basically,
anyone can be photographed without
their consent except when they have
secluded themselves in places where
they have a reasonable expectation of
privacy such as dressing rooms, restrooms,
medical facilities, and inside
their homes.
and
Absent a court
order, private parties have no right to
confiscate your film. Taking your film
directly or indirectly by threatening to
use force or call a law enforcement
agency can constitute criminal offenses
such as theft and coercion.
Something to think about.
UPDATE: More about photography harassment HERE. Thanks Steven!
Mt. Greenwood was my third pool and the first white (or not majority black) pool that I photographed. I took the same approach as before. This pool is accessed through locker rooms, so I went into the building, into the women's locker room and onto the deck. All with out seeing a single person. I removed my shoes. Took out my camera and took a picture.
You can see a crazy woman entering my frame from the left side in the above shot. When I took my camera down she was righ next to me. Who are you!! Who let you in?! she wanted to know. I laughed at the thought of someone “letting me in”. The building was unmanned from what I could tell and all the doors were propped open. I told her who I was and what I was doing. She was concerned that I had taken a photograph of her Summer Camp kids.
HER: You'll have to delete that.
ME: It's FILM.
HER: Well, I think I may need to confiscate your film.
Again I laughed a little. No one has the right to confiscate a photographers film, let alone for taking a picture AT A PUBLIC PARK.*
I calmly walked back to her bosses office with her. He was a nice looking, middle-aged white guy. She anxiously explained the situation to him. After I introduced myself to him and gave him my card he seemed convinced that I was not a threat in the least and was able to calm her a bit. She was very concerned about the photo because the camp kids have to sign a waiver to be photographed (BY THE PARK DISTRICT – NOT ME). She cited privacy concerns and then proceeded to make me vaguely aware of details of the various private situations going on with her camp kids, including foster kids and adoption etc.... HELLO – privacy. It was way more then I needed to know. Her boss made a call to some mean ass woman at the park district and she told me that I needed permission from her to take pictures at the pool and if I wanted to take pictures of “anything else” I could call some other Park District asshole. I took the number, thanked everyone and made my exit.
*That night, when discussing the issue with my roommate he brought up the Photographers Bill of Rights. Which states in part:
Members of the public have a very
limited scope of privacy rights when
they are in public places. Basically,
anyone can be photographed without
their consent except when they have
secluded themselves in places where
they have a reasonable expectation of
privacy such as dressing rooms, restrooms,
medical facilities, and inside
their homes.
and
Absent a court
order, private parties have no right to
confiscate your film. Taking your film
directly or indirectly by threatening to
use force or call a law enforcement
agency can constitute criminal offenses
such as theft and coercion.
Something to think about.
UPDATE: More about photography harassment HERE. Thanks Steven!
Friday, July 02, 2010
Welcome to da Park!
First off, Ada Park, 11250 S. Ada. All the signs have been "altered" to say 'da Park'.
More pictures on my Flickr.
Pool Time! Summer 2010
Chicago Public Pools!
View Pools - Chi Public in a larger map
I'll be photographing as many public pools as possible this summer. Starting on the South Side and moving north.
View Pools - Chi Public in a larger map
I'll be photographing as many public pools as possible this summer. Starting on the South Side and moving north.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Friday, November 06, 2009
Elements of Water
So, I entered a photo contest, called Elements of Water.
I have a lot of images involving water but these are the four I decided to enter.
Wave Pool, HCMC (Saigon), Vietnam
Jump
Sun (floating)
Dave (in the Lake)
I have a lot of images involving water but these are the four I decided to enter.
Wave Pool, HCMC (Saigon), Vietnam
Jump
Sun (floating)
Dave (in the Lake)
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