Downtown Louisville is an interesting place. Lots of history there, but its days as a sort of central hub of the city are history too. Lived there for a few years myself, and outside of business hours the place did a good imitation of a ghost town. For a bit it seemed like it was about to shake that off, then covid came calling.
Since then, most of my time spent downtown has been for protests and such, which is how these photos came about. Was there for a 'No War On Venezuela' demonstration, which ended a bit early after a car crash happened in the street beside us. Louisville drivers are a special breed.
Didn't get much shooting in at the demonstration, took my time making it back to my car to make up for it. Was just about sunset, but the weather was flirting with foggy and you really couldn't tell, skipped golden hour and went straight to blue hour. Seemed fitting, accentuated the grit, grime, and 'not dead, just depressed' vibes.
At this point, downtown caters more to the tourists and out-of-towners than locals, but even that doesn't explain the collection of vaguely Christmas themed cars cruising about.
Was battling addiction when I lived downtown, probably colors my perception of the place a bit. Blaming that at least for why this last photo has really grabbed me, has a strong 'Downtown in the Great Recession' feel to it that is just like the bad (not so) old days.
Anyone else got the millennial paranoia that the next economic crash is right around the corner?
Great photos. I think a serious economic crash is inevitable.
Thanks. You and me both. Don't think it'd matter who was in the Oval Office but the current occupant is doing his damnedest to make sure it happens.
I love all the photos as you're an excellent photographer with a great eye for good shots, but the first one is mind blowing. I love photographing architecture and such a photo is a dream. Unfortunately no such building in my city.
Thank you :) That's the 800 building, which was the tallest building in Louisville for the better part of a decade. Hunter S. Thompson even mentioned it in at least one of his columns, albeit as an example of how segregation/housing discrimination was continuing to play out here in his hometown. Photographing architecture is something I struggle with, take a lot of photos but rarely does something turn out to my liking. Shot these with a 70-300mm lens and I think the compression from that really helped the shots, going to have to experiment more though.
Great Street Shots dear Friend, everything smells like Christmas
!DIY
Thank you friend! It is starting to smell like that :D
Maybe it comes from growing up poor...but it seems I've felt that way for a very long time. I'm always ready (not prepared) for an economic crisis.
My granny grew up during the Great Depression, so we were taught that you don't waste anything that could be reused (she even washed and reused plastic drinking straws). Sometimes makes for some weird collections of odds and ends, but as you said, you're ready.
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