Photography dallas, texas - light & shadows
Scenes from downtown Dallas, Texas. Sunday, August 30, 2009. I arrived in downtown Dallas on a late Sunday afternoon with the sun blazing in typical Texas fashion. The interesting thing about downtown Dallas is that much like many other major cities across the United States, there are few people and not much going on during off-work hours (nights and weekends). White Flight & other issues relocated many urban dwellers to the surrounding areas, leaving behind an eerie landscape with nobody around. This trend has been reversing more recently, with many large cities re-energizing their downtown areas and more people moving back into them.
The other interesting thing about downtown Dallas is that many of the buildings were designed with lots of exposed glass. When you combine this with sunlight, it creates some cool reflections and textures all over the city. I basically spent a few hours wandering around trying to capture just that. (via)
buildings, dallas, street photos, texas
Reader Comments (6)
Great stuff Clayton! Very inspiring work here. I love it.
I think my favorite is of the giant mural of the kid pulling the wagon. So awesome!
i grew up in dallas. you're right about downtown being a ghost town during off-peak hours. there's nothing to do down there.
i'm impressed that you managed to capture so much cool shit down there. dallas has a particularly dated skyline, a product of the 80's boom, which is painfully reflected in the overly cheese architecture. but you got some great shots out of it. i'm very impressed, clayton.
Nice work. Your photographs really capture the essence of thee murals and the architecture. You captured the exposed glass on those buildings extremely well. I want to touch that pencil shaped-building.
Living in Dallas, we take for granted the beauty and the style that you have captured. You make my home appear so much cooler than we think it is.
Stephie is right, we do take downtown for granted in Dallas. I tried the other day to take a photo of the sculpture (the red one) in front of the Bank of America building, and got told we weren't allowed to take photos. So Kudos to you for getting it!
syn, yes many large corporate buildings are very strict about photos. just before i took that photo of the sculpture, another guy was told he could not take photos either (he was taking pictures of a bird in a tree). the security guard said you are allowed to shoot from beyond the building perimeter (like at the edge of the sidewalk and beyond) but not close to it. it's super silly and doesn't do anybody any good.