Chicago Grant Park Grayscale
by Jennifer White
Title
Chicago Grant Park Grayscale
Artist
Jennifer White
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The beautiful Buckingham Fountain is located in Chicago Illinois in the center of Grant Park. Dedicated in 1927, it is one of the largest fountains in the world. Built in a rococo wedding cake style and inspired by the Latona Fountain at the Palace of Versailles, it is meant to allegorically represent Lake Michigan with four sea horses symbolizing the four states (Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana) that border the lake. It was designed by beaux arts architect Edward H Bennett. The statues were created by the French sculptor Marcel F. Loyau. It operates April to October, with regular water shows and evening color-light shows. During the winger, the fountain is decorated with festival lights.
This has been featured in the following groups:
-8.3.16 The Grayscale Outdoors
-8.4.16 Exploring Illinois
-8.31.16 Premium FAA Artists
This image placed in the following contests:
-11.26.17 5th - Big Cities in Black and White
This photo was taken by Jennifer White with Timeless Moments Photography. All images are copyrighted © Timeless Moments Photography/Jennifer White. All rights reserved. Copying and/or distributing these images without permission is strictly prohibited.
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August 2nd, 2016
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Comments (10)
Stacie Adams
Wow! Growing up in the Chicago suburb of Berkeley we used to drive into the city on weekends and hang out near the fountain and on the Lake but I never new the history behind this beautiful fountain. Thanks for the great capture and the history lesson. Very, very cool, Jennifer.
Roger Passman
Congratulations! Your powerful image is featured by the Exploring Illinois Group. You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer available on the home page. Here is the shortened link to use for placing your image into our archive: http://bit.ly/1ScUxzq — — Here is a link for you with directions for placing an embedded image in the discussion thread if you aren’t sure how to do so: http://pixels.com/groups/exploring-illinois--2-per-day-limit.html?showmessage=true&messageid=3086882
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Grayscale Outdoors” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
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