Street photography is an intriguing hobby; it makes you see what you couldn't notice, and everything you see now makes you feel more intensely – that shadow on the ground become darker, the golden light on the building becomes warmer and brighter, the gestures of strangers get more interesting when being juxtapositional with random objects in the streets... the world feels a bit lighter, friendlier, and for a fleeting moment, makes you believe the world is worth the stay, and have something to look forward to – trips and photowalks between work, errands, and occasional emptiness.
Chicago is the first destination after I picked up street photography as a hobby and starting bringing a camera for trips. Wide roads lined with ornate buildings and skyscrapers, overhead railway and Chicago River running across the city, museums with impressionist treasures and parks with intriguing postmodern art installation, and the azure lake views surely delighted me. The early works are tinged with teal shadows, of muted colors and definitely not the best batch, yet it marks the excitement of first time travelling to a city that's far away from the continent where the hometown is and the newfound joy of exploring a place with lens.
The streets
The architecture
Chicago River
Millenium Park
Art Institute of Chicago
Oak Street Beach
