Jens Jensen, a Danish immigrant, fell in love with the prarie and its colors. Jensen designed the 140-acre Columbus Park west of the Chicago Loop in the Austin neighborhood.
Columbus Park was built in 1912, is considered Jensen’s finest work, and was initially intended to be a refuge for the working class; it remains a haven for people wanting to escape the city's congestion.
I photographed the park in the winter of 2021-22; the images illustrate the park's beauty and the memories it holds in its landscape and structures.
“Imagination augments the value of reality” ~Gaston Bachelard
The Lens of Memory
I Photographed my neighborhood and places I frequent. shooting with a Lensbaby Trio. The 28mm Trio has three lenses, Sweet, Velvet, and Swirl. Each lens creates a different effect, and shooting between two lenses creates a double exposure.