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Chinatown Express
This is one of my photo elective photos, but it was not shot in the Southern New Jersey town where I lived with my parents. This time I went wandering around the City of Brotherly Love just across the Delaware … Continue reading
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, 1982, analog, Asian, Chinatown, Chinatown Express, Chinese, city, film, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, urban, vintage, Willceau
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Up to Broad Street
Ellsworth Stop on the Broad Street Line.
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia
Tagged Broad Street, city, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, SEPTA, South Philadelphia, subway, tile, urban, USA
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Fiddling Around in Photoshop Alternatives
I have a number of less than great photos shot with point-and-shoot cameras, and I decided to have a little fun exploring the possibilities of image editors other than Adobe’s Photoshop. Above is a daytime shot of the Drake in … Continue reading
Posted in Philadelphia, photo manipulation, Photography, Technique
Tagged Dracula, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, The Drake, urban, USA
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City of Mirrors
Emerging from the 16th Street Exit of the Market-Frankford El into the heart of Center City Philadelphia.
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia
Tagged city, commute, glass, Joe Williams, mirror, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, steel, urban
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Beating the Heat at Dilworth Plaza
Shot at Dilworth Plaza at the center of the city where Broad and Market Streets intersect — City Hall.
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged city, fountain, Joe Williams, kids, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, urban, USA, water, water park
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10th & Market
Another of my from the hip shots.
Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia, photo manipulation, Photography
Tagged city, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, Photoshop, urban, USA, women, workers
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Under 95
In South Philadelphia
Posted in Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged 95, concrete, convergence, dirt, grime, highway, Joe Williams, overpass, Pennsylvania, perspective, Philadelphia, photography, rust, South Philadelphia, urban
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