Bike Rack

Fountain Street Show

Fountain Street Gallery, 460C Harrison Avenue, Suite 2, Boston, MA 02118,

(September, 2022)

In December of 2018 I took my first photo of the bike rack behind the Integrated Science Complex on the Harbor Campus of UMass Boston, where I work as a consultant to faculty members teaching online. The photo I took was to fulfill an assignment in a photography class that required me to photograph a geometric shape. Within a year I had taken more than 1,000 images of this bike rack, and I haven’t stopped yet!

I love to observe how the light interacts with this metal pipe, how it casts shadows on a cloudless day, different shadows as it moves through the sky. I work with the “positive” image as well as create a digital “negative” image by inverting the black/white scale. Paper white becomes inky black, and inky black becomes paper white. With the moving of the sun and the reversal of the tones, I am able to observe and create many interesting shapes and shadows.

Parking: Visitors may park for free up to 90 minutes at 365 Albany Street, Monday–Saturday. After the free 90 minutes, parking costs $10 between 90 minutes and 4 hours, and a $25 penalty for anyone staying over 4 hours.

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