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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
See a different view of Atlanta
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After my internship here five years ago, my mental vision of Atlanta had pretty low marks for memorability — a clogged highway that led to the gray innards of an office and a Gwinnett County cul de sac.
Jump five years. I would like to smack my little intern self upside the head, maybe repeat lines my dad used while I learned to drive (or rather, learned to hate driving, but that’s another story entirely): “Open your eyes! Look around you!”
I see it now, these different views of the city. It’s as easy as searching “Atlanta” and “Georgia” on Flickr.
Or spending about 30 seconds on AJC.com with its online galleries galore. A few recent favorites:
A series of now and then shots following the March tornado through downtown and Cabbagetown.
A beautiful collection by photographer Rich Addicks of Atlanta’s tallest buildings.
A rare kind of photo story by John Spink about Crystal Buchans, a homeless woman who sleeps near train tracks around CNN Center. (This story is particularly interesting because it relies only on photos, captions and space on the Web site — it hasn’t appeared in print yet.)
Images of Georgia by and for locals are everywhere. A little lurking in the Googlge searches and the newspaper’s archives showed thatAtlanta Celebrates Photography’s 10th annual festival is getting underway now. Groups like the Atlanta Photographic Society or the Atlanta Photography Group are full of opportunity to take a new view of the city.
Or, you can just open your eyes and look around you.
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