Lincoln Park, Chicago 1948

This black and white photograph called ‘Lincoln Park, Chicago’ was made by Harry Callahan. Look at that glass, sitting smack dab in the middle of the snowy ground. It’s like a misplaced thought, a little beacon in a wintery landscape. I think Callahan was probably wandering around, camera in hand, just looking. You know, how you find those moments when the ordinary becomes extraordinary? Maybe it was the way the light hit the glass, or the stark contrast against the snow that caught his eye. It’s funny how a simple object, captured just right, can feel so loaded. I bet Callahan was thinking about all the ways we see and don't see the things around us. The world is full of these little moments, and it takes a certain kind of artist to freeze them in time.