Night Bean, Millennium Park

Luminance Field Light Installation, "The Bean"

Inauguration Day in Chicago 2

 

 

 

Inauguration Day in Chicago 1

Rahm Emanuel is sworn into office as the 46th mayor of Chicago by Chief Judge Timothy Evans.

Mayor Emanuel addresses the crowd with a speech focused on many of the problems that need to be fixed in Chicago.  Emanual said, "For all the students who deserve a school system that expects every student to earn a diploma; for all the neighbors who deserve to walk home on safer streets; for all the taxpayers who deserve a city government that is more effective and costs less; and for all the people in the hardest-working city in America who deserve a strong economy so they can find jobs or create jobs - this is your day."

Officer Pierce of the CPD

Secret Service was on hand, Vice President Joe Biden was in attendance.

Milliennium Park's Pritzker Pavillion

Paintings at Milliennium Park

This photo was taken with film in the winter of 2008 when I was in Chicago for the day in search of a job. 

Night Bean

Under Bean

As a photographer, photographing Cloud Gate, aka "The Bean" can pose a challenge.  It is such a highly photographed structure that it can be difficult to create pictures that set yours apart from the rest.  Photographing people visiting the bean can help create some unique shots.  I think it's also important to plan a visit at strategic times of day which can make a huge difference in the quality of shot (i.e. dawn or dusk).  For future posts I will do my best to create 'bean' images that steer
away from the Chicago cliche.  

Milliennium Park