Chicago Alley Wall

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

When you walk through ‎Chicago‬, you can come across some pretty unusual sights, especially in its side streets, passages and alleys, when a typical banality of such places turns into a collection of shapes, patterns and colors, beautiful in its own strange way:


Chicago Alley Wall by Slobodan Blagojevic, on Flickr

[RSL]

Terrific pattern shot, Slobodan. Very nice.

[Rob C]

Cool shot!

Rob C

[petermfiore]

Very nice indeed...

Peter

[rogerxnz]

Well seen!
Roger

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Ditto to all the above.

[Jeremy Roussak]

Lovely patterns. I wonder if it wouldn't be better if you c*****d off the black area - the only bit that isn't brickwork - right at the bottom. It's only a tiny bit and I'm sure Russ wouldn't even notice...

Jeremy

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Lovely patterns. I wonder if it wouldn't be better if you c*****d off the black area - the only bit that isn't brickwork - right at the bottom. It's only a tiny bit and I'm sure Russ wouldn't even notice...

Since nobody else would notice either, why bother? 

[John R]

More subtle than your usual city/architectural images. Perhaps the softer light? Allows us to see and focus more on the patterns and details. Very nice.

JR

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Lovely patterns. I wonder if it wouldn't be better if you c*****d off the black area - the only bit that isn't brickwork - right at the bottom. It's only a tiny bit and I'm sure Russ wouldn't even notice...

Jeremy

I think Jeremy wants you to cr*p out the part that includes your copyright, so we can all claim that it is ours.   

Eric

[Rajan Parrikar]

It is a beautiful image. Purely on aesthetic considerations, the dark pieces of metal intruding on a striking pattern are annoying, but as a part of cityscape it works just fine.

[Rob C]

Oh no; the bottom darkness both adds overall base strength as well as visual structure to support the right-hand side's additional avoirdupois. Beautifully balanced, IMO.

Rob C

[Arlen]

I find it to be a very pleasing image.

[BobDavid]

Really great.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

...the dark pieces of metal intruding on a striking pattern are annoying, but as a part of cityscape it works just fine.

A metaphor for life itself? Life as a package - the bad with the good? Beauty and the beast?

[philaitman]

A great image, I would dare to say without the metal stairways the image would be too static/repetative and loose some impact.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

10TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER SLOBODAN BLAGOJEVIC, USA

LOS ANGELES (March 4, 2017) - Professional photographer Slobodan Blagojevic, USA, was presented with the 10th Annual International Color Awards Nominee title in the category of Architecture at a prestigious Nomination & Winners Photoshow, streamed Saturday, March 4, 2017.
The live online gala was attended by 9,575 photography fans around the globe who logged on to watch the climax of the industry's most important event for color photography.

10th Annual Jury members included captains of the industry from Christie's, New York; Contemporary Art Society, London; Sotheby's, Paris; ING Collection, Netherlands; Y&R, Malaysia; Preus Museum, Norway; Art Beatus, Hong Kong; Ogilvy & Mather, Amsterdam; Whitechapel Gallery, London; and J. Walter Thompson, New York who honored Color Masters with 723 title awards and 792 nominees in 33 categories.

"It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 6,178 entries we received this year," said Basil O'Brien, the awards Creative Director. "Slobodan's Chicago Alley Wall," an exceptional image entered in the Architecture category, represents contemporary color photography at its finest, and we're pleased to present him with the title of Nominee."

INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS is the leading international award honoring excellence in color photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in color photography. www.colorawards.com

[Dahlmann]

Thats is a really nice picture!!! Good work.!!

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[Jeremy Roussak]

Slobodan Blagojevic, USA, was presented with the 10th Annual International Color Awards Nominee title in the category of Architecture at a prestigious Nomination & Winners Photoshow, streamed Saturday, March 4, 2017.

Congratulations, Slobodan. Richly deserved.

Jeremy