Blog #7

What would you photgraph in chicago?

I love pictures by the lake. My favorite drive is riding down lakeshore drive. Whenever i drive down lakeshore i always think about what a good photo collection this would be. I always want to take pictures of this view, but obviously cannot while i am driving. i think that would be a cool progression. To do a series of photographs of the view from lakeshore drive. I like to see the transition from the southside of chicago to the northside of chicago. I would do these photos in color and would have them set up along a wall in a progression form south to north. I would also like to do a series in each season: winter, spring, summer and fall. TO show how vastly the city changes throughout the year. BEcause as beautiful as chicago is in the summer, the frozen lake can be just as beautiful.

Blog #6

UIC imagebase

Is there a reason why the UIC website has to be so boring? After looking at revealing Chicago and picturing Chicago, i almost fell asleep when I had to search this website. They really need to spice things up a bit! This webstie was also very hard to navigate.

The historical images of Chicago were really cool to look at. They were all hand drawn. And the detail that went into these pictures was absolutely incredible. Also the collection of pictures “era by era” were my favorite. Looking at how the city evolved into what it is today was really cool.

Blog #5

www.picturingchicago.com

I think that the use of black and white photos on this website was an interesting choice. See Chicago from a black and white perspective didn’t take away from any of its beauty. It was a different way of seeing this city. The photographer could have done this for any number of reasons, but I think that without the distraction of color the architecture of the buildings really stood out.

Putting pictures of other great cities on a website called Picturing Chicago was also very ingenious. It allows the audience to compare and contrast these cities. Showing how Chicago has grown to be just as great as the rest of these cities. With all of these pictures being in black and white it seemed to connect these cities in some way. Even though these cities seem to be worlds apart, these photos seem to interconnect with each other.

Blog #4

www.revealingchicago.org

After visiting this website I have a greater perspective on the diversity of the landscapes and architectures of Chicago. The diversity of people in Chicago is a subject that is often talked about. But when people think of Chicago they think of skyscrapers, lots of people, and a windy city. They do not think about all the surrounding neighborhoods, and even some farmland.

One thing I did not like about this site was searching the photographs by the map. This was quite confusing and you had no idea what type of picture you were going to get. I think it was much easier to search the picture through categories.

Blog #3 (156 words)

Blog #3

Hull House

I really thought that our visit to the Hull House was a great experience. Before this I had a completely different idea of what the Hull House actually was. I think that Jane Adams is a huge reason why Chicago is such a successful city.

So I just wanted to talk about my opinion of the picture of Jane’s companion. Since this woman was a huge part of Jane’s life and Jane herself had this painting made for a particular reason it should definitely be put up in the museum. But about the caption… it has been said that these two were lovers, but why is it important to make the whole caption about that. I think that is defiantly should be noted that they were companion’s but I think that the first caption is more than appropriate because it states that they were companions while also qualifying other reasons why this woman was so important.

Blog #2

The metro Chicago immigration factbook states that as the immigration percentage of a neighborhood grows high school completion rates become lower. This is not surprising to me. First of all, English would not be the student’s first language. Learning in a different language makes the material much more difficult to understand. This is their first disadvantage. These students may also be looked down upon by the teacher, because they are not native born students. It has been shown that teachers tend to teach the way in which they were taught. If these students are being taught by al older teacher, they may have a disadvantage because this teacher may not be very open minded to immigrant students. These students must work twice as hard to graduate.

Blog #1

Reflection on Observation paper

So… for my observation I chose Taylor and Loomis at 9:30 on a Saturday night. Yeah yeah you are probably all thinking who observes the city instead of experiencing it on a Saturday night. Well, I had volleyball practice on Sunday morning so I decided that this would be a good time to view the city a different way on a Saturday night. I don’t spend much time in the UIC area on the weekends because I prefer to venture downtown or up north. I spend all week in class with the people who live in the UIC area, so I like to see what other types of people are in this city!

One thing that surprised me about this observation was the number of cabs that drove by within the hour I observed. More than 40 cabs drove by. How come whenever I’m looking for a cab on the weekends I usually have to stand on Taylor for at least 15 minutes trying to get a cab?