Marnel And Surrey on the last days of summer. (or) 1000's TVs on.

There is something about this corner in my home town that feels like magic to me. I'm drawn there as I go on walks, I always inadvertently end up here. Something about the overgrowth of plants and the crooked street lamp (one of the few in my town) captures my imagination, it feels like it's a set from E.T. or Goonies type film.

I shot this with an old manual lens in the dark and just cranked to `inf and set to a 30 sec exposure. I had no idea what it would look like. As we bear down for another fall-winter here in Chicago-land, I hope to hold this photo as a promise that spring and summer will return, life will return and fall-winter and pain are part of life we must suffer through the cycle. And perhaps "it's a cheap price we pay for existence"

Its very strange for me to shoot a shot with no people and if i could it again i would put someone under that light ... perhaps you can put a person there in your mind for me. How do they feel? What are they thinking? Why aren't they at home on a night like this?

I also kinda like the Husker Du cover art sorta feel of this shot and it reminds me of "warehouse: songs and stories".
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