For my photo essay, I chose to take pictures from various "hotspots" in Atlanta. The majority of these places were restaurants, while others were trendy shops, theaters, or parks. This project truly surprised me- taking pictures of things became quite entertaining once I got started and began to think of all the cool things that are considered or could be considered public art. Getting to ride around Atlanta on a bicycle- despite how unsafe this might sort of be- was also very fun. I think my favorite photos are those taken of the Coca Cola museum at night and of the Junkman's Daughter in Little Five Points.
The Coca-Cola museum lights up at night, and when I originally got my pictures it was early in the afternoon, so I eventually drove back, took a secret and totally NOT illegal run through the park the museum sits in and got my nighttime photos (actually I was only in the park after hours when I went to retrieve my bicycle, which I had to carry over the fence since they locked everything up).
By far my most challenging subject, Junkman's Daughter resisted photography with all it's might. Two tree's- nice, broad fir trees- covered the main sign on the building. The whole length of the front of the building also just could not fit into a single shot. Even worse, the cool UFO jutting out of the front is really difficult to show off when the angle of the shot isn't correct- it will look flat if an image is captured directly in front of the building.
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