Grain I
These fantastic structures are all over the place here in my back yard — so to speak. And yet it was only recently that it occurred to me to photograph them, when I came across the patchwork patterns on the silos in #22 and 24. But I’m late to the party. I remember vaguely from my own studies in architecture years ago that Le Corbusier was fascinated by grain elevators and silos, but I didn’t know his interest was piqued by photos taken by Walter Gropius. More on that in an excellent article HERE.
I have divided these into groupings based on familial similarities in order to clarify what I’m looking at. There is some overlap, but I’m trying not to overthink the individual taxonomies:
Grain I — Elevators and silos in a departure from my usual ‘no subject’ bent and (more on that, HERE),
Grain II Abstracts — Graphic abstractions/compositions pulled from the elevators and silos. I also like the idea of calling these: Exceptional Banality. I dunno.
These fantastic structures are all over the place here in my back yard — so to speak. And yet it was only recently that it occurred to me to photograph them, when I came across the patchwork patterns on the silos in #22 and 24. But I’m late to the party. I remember vaguely from my own studies in architecture years ago that Le Corbusier was fascinated by grain elevators and silos, but I didn’t know his interest was piqued by photos taken by Walter Gropius. More on that in an excellent article HERE.
I have divided these into groupings based on familial similarities in order to clarify what I’m looking at. There is some overlap, but I’m trying not to overthink the individual taxonomies:
Grain I — Elevators and silos in a departure from my usual ‘no subject’ bent and (more on that, HERE),
Grain II Abstracts — Graphic abstractions/compositions pulled from the elevators and silos. I also like the idea of calling these: Exceptional Banality. I dunno.