Streets and city

Cities reward the same patience as the prairie. I walk the streets early or late, when the light is low and the crowds have thinned, looking for strong light, simple shapes, and one thing that holds the frame. That might be a streetlight in fog, a storefront sign, or someone crossing at the right moment.

Black and white suits the streets. Brick, concrete, steel, and painted signs are already close to monochrome, and without colour a fire escape, a shadow across a wall, or a figure in a doorway becomes the whole picture.

This collection gathers buildings, cars, and people from the cities I have walked through. A few old cars have wandered in from fields and yards, because they belong to the same story of things people built and left behind.

Row of historic downtown buildings against a dusk sky

Photos

  • Row of historic downtown buildings against a dusk sky
  • Old theatre marquee above the entrance of a stone-fronted building
  • Ornate stone arched doorway of an old police station
  • Brick building with iron fire escapes and tall windows
  • Painted wall sign on the side of a tall brick building
  • Historic brick warehouse reflected in a window, with bare trees
  • Brick-and-stone building with arched windows framed by a tree
  • Storefront windows reflecting a building, with a neon sign above the door
  • Downtown street corner with bare trees, a mural wall, and a parked car
  • Large circular mural on a building at a downtown corner, with a delivery truck
  • Downtown construction site with towers under a stormy sky
  • Auto body shop with a curved roof beside a snowbank on a winter day
  • Corner grocery with a striped awning and a car reflected in its window
  • Storefront with a curved metal awning and a postered window
  • Pub and motel sign at dusk above a long low roofline
  • Motor hotel sign above a covered walkway with patterned block walls
  • Row of gas meters against a worn brick wall
  • Narrow brick alley with string lights leading to a lit doorway
  • White building with a long low roof under a dark night sky
  • Door lit by a single light on a dark building at night
  • Foggy morning street lined with old brick buildings
  • Main street at night with glowing streetlights and shop signs
  • Streetlight glowing in thick fog above an empty road
  • Row of streetlights fading into fog on a night road
  • People walking along a snowy sidewalk past a storefront window
  • Two pedestrians walking beneath a vintage motor supply sign
  • Cyclist riding through a downtown intersection
  • Fire truck with its lights on parked at the side of a street
  • Old pickup truck buried in deep snow
  • Rusting vintage car abandoned among bushes in a snowy field
  • Burned-out vintage car body in a clearing with bare trees behind
  • Vintage Chevrolet parked in front of a weathered granary
  • Close-up of rows of stadium seats in muted tones
  • Stacked shopping carts under a covered cart corral
  • Dim parking garage tunnel with a stop sign and glowing ceiling lights
  • Bridge walkway with a railing, long shadows, and a bright low sun
  • Round slatted vent in a concrete wall with stripes of shadow
  • Black and white street scene in Winnipeg, photo 38
  • Black and white street scene in Winnipeg, photo 39
  • Two people working at a laptop seen through a rain-streaked café window

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