The Photographer Magazine is online and in print. The article's title is "Lucy Jennings' Odessey into the World of Photographic Art". How did this even happen?? All I can say is I was in the right place at the right time. It could happen to anyone.
The editor, Bill Hedrick, asked if I wanted to write the whole thing or would I like for it to be from his viewpoint. I was more comfortable with him narrating. He wrote the narration, and I wrote the picture descriptions. There are 6 photographs. I'll take the next couple of weeks and post one photo and description on this blog, one at a time. Stay with me as I move through my "odyssey", as Bill calls it.
Friday Rush Hour
"The striking orange Chihuly glass art installation in the window of this Chicago office building was the initial attraction to this setting. There was a steady flow of rush hour pedestrians striding past the splash of color, everyone was in a hurry. The traffic was thick, so I took many exposures between red lights knowing at least one would produce what I wanted. Upon review, there were plenty. The photograph I settled on had one lady shielding her face from my probing lens. The busyness of the glass art was congruous with the pace of the people. I am adamant that I do not take pictures of another artist’s work for any other reason than my own reference. However, with the pedestrian traffic and building structure as a major part of the composition, I felt all the elements were there to consider it my own. I played with color mixing to accentuate the orange and make the people black and white, but it left the people flat. In the end, I left some colored clothing. In the final product, the orange disks looked like numerous eyes overlooking the Friday flow."
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