Cityscapes

                                                                          Cityscapes

          As a photography enthusiast, I like to think that I can specialize in one specific form of the art. Photographers tend to divide themselves into different categories depending on their specialty in the field. I like to think I can join these ranks as a cityscape and street/urban Photographer. Thus, here are my personal outtakes that I took this quarter shooting cityscape and street photography.

A brown line train headed back down into the loop while crossing a bridge on the chicago river.

 
The skyline.


The Neon La Salle flowers sign outside the store on La Salle and Superior.



A section of the chicago riverwalk as it goes under the state street bridge.

The Face Of Protest

                                                                The Face of Protest
                                                                     By Alec Wyers
                         In light of the result of our country's presidential election, I have been searching
          the internet for opinions, information, and answers. That was when I stumbled upon an event
          on Facebook. It was in protest of the soon to be President Trump. It had close to 4,000 people
          going, so I took to the Fullerton red line stop and took it down to the loop. From there I saw
          those 4,000 people, standing on the south end of the DuSable bridge across from the Trump
          tower across the river on the north end of the bridge. As I got closer, their voices got louder,
          and I started to see the details of their protest. I saw anger, fear, and anxious people, using their
          first amendment rights to try and change their circumstances. After staring at their signs and
          hearing their chants, I became increasingly curious. So I asked the people questions, and
          inquired about their reason for being there. These are their thoughts.

"I couldn't believe my ears when I heard that he had won. After the protest the day after he won,

I realized that I needed to be there more often to see if there was a way to help."

"Honestly Bannon was the last straw. I was already super ticked when Trump won in the first place.

If you think i'm gonna sit around and let a couple of Facist bastards run the greatest country in the world you got another thing coming."

"When I went to the protest the night after he won, I got to stand on top of a bus parked right over there with a bunch of protestors with 10,000 other people in the square with us. It was awesome!"

As I sat on the northbound red line train home, I took some time to reflect on what these people had told me. I realized that this was more than just these people not wanting Trump to be president. These people were genuinely scared for the future of America, and the influence that they fear the new president will have on the American people, and the world.