Children in Rings Fountain – Boston
Children in Rings Fountain – Boston, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). These are some children having fun in Rings Fountain, part of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, which, as part of the Big Dig project, replaced a truly hideous elevated freeway that sliced through the heart of Boston. This is part of the [...]
Ice Sculpture – Boston Common, New Year’s Eve 2009
Ice Sculpture – Boston Common, New Year’s Eve 2009, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). This is a shot of an ice sculpture done by master ice carver Steve Rose for the First Night celebration in Boston and on public display on the Boston Common on New Year’s Eve 2009. Rose recreated one of [...]
Fountain Lights
Fountain Lights, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). A shot of some fountain lights in the lobby of the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Chicago. I liked the rough symmetry and reflective qualities of the both the water and the stone.
“Cloud Gate” – Chicago
“Cloud Gate” – Chicago, originally uploaded by briburt. After yesterday’s self-portrait of me reflected in "Cloud Gate" in Chicago’s Millenium Park, I went into my archives and found this shot I did last year of the sculpture. This provides a much stronger sense of just what an awe-inspiring achievement this piece of public art really [...]
Striding Confidently to Nowhere
Striding Confidently to Nowhere Originally uploaded by briburt I took this photo of Jonathan Borofsky’s Walking Man just outside the West Wing entrance to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Borofsky has an installation in the Upper Galleria of the West Wing that includes a number of these figures, either falling or flying (it’s [...]
Reflections – The Bean, Chicago
Reflections – The Bean, Chicago, originally uploaded by briburt (Brian Burt Photo). A shot of the “Cloud Gate” sculpture in Chicago. That’s the Aon Center (Chicago’s second tallest building after the Sears Tower) reflected on the surface.