This assignment was eye opening. I tried to select photographs of things that are still in existence. I wanted to cover most of Market Street, but very few buildings remain from 60 years ago. If they are still around, their exteriors are dramatically renovated and different. I tried to focus on locations that had preserved the original properties. For the first time I truly focused on documenting and threw composition out the window, since all I was doing was mimicking. It was freeing in a sense, to not worry about the artistic elements that are usually incorporated into a photograph. ****Just as a note a few of the original photographs weren’t dated, but the book I got them from specified that they were all taken around the 1930s.
Here is a map of my journey through the city:
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Court House in Washington Square facing the NE near 4th and Walnut Streets. 1859, unknown.
Court House, 2009
Lit Brothers, NE corner of 8th and Market Sts. 1898, unknown.
Lit Brothers, 2009
Market Street at 12th, facing west towards City Hall. 1907, John Gibb Smith
Market Street, 2009
St. Mark's Church 16th and Locust Streets. Date and photographer unknown.
St. Mark's, 2009
Weightman Mansion, 18th Street and Rittenhouse Square. 1865, unknown.
18th Street and Rittenhouse Square, 2009
Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul 18th Street at Logan Square. 1902, unkown.
Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, 2009
Rodin Garden, date and photographer unknown.
Rodin Museum, 2009
View of the city from the Philadelphia Museum of Art date and photographer unknown.
View of Philadelphia, 2009
Logan Square date and photographer unknown
Logan Circle, 2009
15th and Market Streets date and photographer unknown
15th and Market, 2009
