Happy weekend everyone - Today's image is a subtle nod to a small inside joke I have had with myself in my photography. Many years ago, while living in Brooklyn, I used to like taking photos of the telescopic viewers near the Brooklyn Bridge. These viewers were always a source of humor for me because I always got a kick out of how excited people would get to put in a quarter and look through them at the surroundings. I would watch people walk by with indifference at a landmark and then pull out a a couple of quarters and then spend several minutes staring at that landmark through the viewers only to then walk away with indifference again once their time ran out. So I would take images would show the viewer in focus and the landmark itself in the bokeh as a nod to the fact that for some people these viewers were the attraction. (Of course, I understand how these work and I know that they aren't the actual attraction - it was simply a funny observation). So bottom line, these viewers show up in my work from time to time as a throwback to those days wandering around Brooklyn Bridge Park watching the kids and adults alike seem to gravitate toward these metal monsters on the sides of the pier. This particular one was shot at the Crazy Horse Monument in South Dakota, and yes, I do have the blurry shot with the monument in the background. Enjoy your Friday -
Crazy Horse, South Dakota - The Viewer