In an alleyway between large agricultural buildings, a shaft of sunlight illuminates three 55 gallon drums painted to look like cows. They are not, in fact, cows.
More cowbell...wait. Barrels.
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In an alleyway, snowmelt from the roof dripped onto this wooden crosspiece and refroze. Electrical and gas meters, along with some guy wires, are in front of a brick building painted two shades of orange.
Snowmelt from the roof dripped onto this wooden crosspiece and refroze.
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A black-and-white photograph of sunlight in an alleyway.
Bit of sunlight wandered into the alley, got turned around, couldn't find its way out again.
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A black-and-white photograph shot in a working class neighborhood on a wet, foggy morning.
Fog in a working class residential alleyway.
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A discarded Christmas tree in an alley behind the Department for the Blind.
Okay, Christmas, done with that.
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A blue leatherette love seat on a loading dock in an alleyway during the early part of a snow storm.
There's no snow today; it's 43F and raining. This is from a decade ago, when I did a lot more #LarkingAboutInAlleys.
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A loading dock in an alleyway. A yellow metal plate has been attached to the concrete dock, and an odd yellow bollard thing guards the corner of the dock. On the brick wall above the dock is a sign, which reads, "Entrance only; do not double park." There is also a grated drain with leaves stuck between the grates.
Entrance only. Do not double park.
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A pair of blue denim jeans lying in an alleyway.
Yeah, I'm sure there's an innocent explanation for this. But it seems like once or twice a year I'll find a random pair of jeans lying in an alleyway.
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On a dull, cloudy, dismal day a stray bit of sunlight illuminates part of an alleyway.
You are full of unspent dreams...
You are laden with beginnings...
(Lola Ridge)
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An air conditioning unit secured in a metal cage in an alleyway. Giant sunflowers are painting on the wall behind the A/C unit. There are glass block windows above the flowers, and a green security door on the right side of the frame.
I was once again out #LarkingAboutInAlleys.
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Brick buildings and an alleyway, seen from below a viaduct.
Below the viaduct.
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An alleyway in a small town. A man in a dark shirt is talking on his cell phone, leaning against a wall with a faded mural.
Small town, small alley.
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A stack of old tires piled in an alleyway. The bed of a red pickup is filled with old, rusty auto bits. In the center of the frame, a distant STOP sign can be seen.
I really wanted to photograph this stack of tires, but I couldn't find an angle I liked...until I noticed the STOP sign in the background.
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Light reflected off a skywalk into an alleyway illuminates part of a building.
I was once again #LarkingAboutInAlleys, because alleyways are always honest.
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Your basic puddle in your basic alley. Some barely visible dumpsters line one side of the alleyway. Blue sky is reflected in the puddle.
Nother day, nother alley puddle.
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A boarded-up window in an alleyway with graffiti. Below the window are the words "Forty" and, in a different hand, "Rugrats." Part of the window is in shade.
Forty / Rugrats
Why I carry a #ricohgr3x in my pocket: Graffiti edition.
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A photograph of a young woman skipping down an alleyway. She's framed by a telephone pole and a low wall covered with street art.
So here's me, out #LarkingAboutInAlleys, and I hear a woman humming, so I turn around & she waves to me as she skips by (yes, actually skipping), so I yank my camera out of my pocket and...
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Alleyway graffito that reads, "The hawk, buffalo, wolf, and sparrow are watching you." It's written on a brick wall between two boarded-up windows.
"The hawk, buffalo, wolf, and sparrow are [?] watching you."
Stuff you see when you're #LarkingAboutInAlleys
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In an alleyway, a building painted in shades of ocher. A silvery water heater is in an alcove. Leaning against the building are two beams joined with angle braces.
Yeah, this is what you get when you go #LarkingAboutInAlleys.
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A man stands at the entrance to an alleyway, keeping an eye on the photographer, who takes the man's photo.
Some folks are (understandably) suspicious when they see me larking about in alleys. I can explain about light & shadow; I can explain how alleyway beauty is accidental & organic. Won't do any good.
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