Week 2

The photograph was shot in Chinatown, IL. The day the photograph was taken, a few people and myself decided that we were going to take a trip to Chinatown. I saw this as an opportunity to take some photographs for this assignment. Chinatown is a very original part of the Chicago area. We got on the bus at the Corner of 103rd and Pulaski and traveled until the Station. Once arriving there, we boarded the train and traveled until the Chinatown stop. After being assigned to go out and take 20 more photographs of another neighborhood, I took 20 photographs of Bridgeport. Those photographs have yet to be uploaded. I went to the White Sox game with my father via a car and showed up a few hours early to take a few photographs.

Craft: I looked for a good position to take the photograph of Chinatown and the City in the background. After a few trials, I determined that this was the best of the few that I took.

Concept: The reasoning behind this photograph made a lot of sense to me at the time I took it. I saw the Willis Tower in the background as we were walking back from Chinatown after fulfilling the required 20 photographs. I saw this as a good opportunity to contrast the typical city view to that of Chinatown.

Composition: In the photograph, many different colors are most own, but the one color that is the most prominent is red. A viewer can easily see red in the buildings as well as many of the signs. The middle of the photograph has the red entry overhang which on the other side reads “Welcome to Chinatown.” Red is seemingly appearing many times in many of the photographs that I took.