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"nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road."
- Jack Kerouac

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When I saw the artist Christo had died yesterday,

When I saw the artist Christo had died yesterday, I thought back to The Gates. I wrote this 15 years ago to accompany my photos - DC
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How many different ways can you photograph The Gates?
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That question was posed to me in late February 2005, when I casually mentioned that I was returning to
Central Park for the fourth time in two weeks. By the time I was finished, I had nearly 200 photos of Christo's "Saffronpalooza" encompassing - with the help of several elevated vantage points and expansive views - roughly three-quarters of the park: Columbus Circle north to the 100s, east to Fifth
Avenue, and all the way south to the Plaza. Or at least three-quarters of the parts Christo covered.
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The answer to the query, I discovered, was open-ended. There's no telling how many ways The Gates could be captured on film or megabytes. Not only did the Installations change depending on the wind,
the sunlight, the sky and the time of day, but each one occupied its little piece of the park differently.
The widths of the paths meant some were wider than others. Some crossed bridges; others led up to underpasses and stopped there, picking up the path on the other side. They each could be viewed as a
single archway or considered with their neighbors as a collection of brackets marching through the park.
Moving a few steps in one direction or adjusting the camera lens changed the backdrop against which the bright orange popped. Catching a cyclist on the roadway or stumbling upon a baseball game varied the subjects in the foreground. And in every spot, during every minute of every day, the people changed.
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Even after seven or eight hours spread over four different visits, I found I was still inspired to look for
new views.
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#christo #thegates #thegatesnyc #christogates #centralparkart #publicart #articipant #christoandjeanneclaude #newyorkart

Bug Light in Portland, Maine - where we should be

Bug Light in Portland, Maine - where we should be this week, instead of home in New Jersey. Here's hoping to see it in September, where it will be sweet even without the lilacs. -CB 💜
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#portlandmaine #buglight #lilacs #lilacseason #mainelighthouse #mainelighthouses #portlandme #livemaine #mainelife

Happy 118th birthday, Crater Lake NP! I visited 20

Happy 118th birthday, Crater Lake NP! I visited 20 years ago, a too-short stay (just an afternoon drive around the rim road) with a couple of high school buddies, and I still intend to get back there for a more thorough visit.
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This remains one of my favorite photographs, taken in the late afternoon from the Phantom Ship Overlook. The sun was directly across from us, but it made for a nice monochromatic shot. -DC
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📷: August 2000
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#craterlake #craterlakenationalpark #craterlakenp #craterlakenps #nps #findyourpark #phantomship #filmphotograph

If hugging on highways Is your sport Trade in your

If hugging on highways
Is your sport
Trade in your car
For a davenport
Burma-Shave
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Missing the road right now, so here's a memory from outside Seligman, Ariz. - DC
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#roadtripmemories #seligmanarizona #seligmanroute66 #burmashavesigns #route66roadtrip #route66travelers #dcbroute66 #dcbontheroad

An evening of light reading with my new copy of Pa

An evening of light reading with my new copy of Parks by @briankelleyphoto + @standardsmanual and I'm already geeking out over the stylized lobster and whale on this @capecodnps brochure from 1968. Design nerds, get ready to swoon over this book. -CB
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#nationalparklove #nationalparkgeek #nationalparkbrochures #gooddesign #midcenturydesign #nationalparkmaps #nationalparkhistory #designnerd #negroni

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