Fixture – Look Up

A simple light fixture in the ceiling at the Milwaukee Public Library Central branch. Copyright 2017 Scott Norris Photography scottnorrisphotography.com

“Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up” –Samuel Smiles Whenever I am out and about with my camera, I am always looking around. Up, down, left, right, front, behind.  You never know what a change in perspective will reveal.  That is especially true when inside old public buildings.  …… Continue reading Fixture – Look Up

Moonbeams on the Attic Window

Moonbeams on the Attic Window

“Such a deep silence surrounds me, that I think I hear moonbeams striking on the windows.” –Lucian Blaga A midnight moon shines its light through a dull pane, signing its name on the crumbling plaster walls of a long forgotten attic room.   Of the days of joy and sorrow, love and loss, life and death, only a century of…… Continue reading Moonbeams on the Attic Window

Bright Ideas

Bright Ideas

The bright ideas have, for the most part, flowed freely during this 365 project.  Well, that fount of creative concepts dried up today.  Oh sure, I shot a few things.  I even went back through some older shots seeing if anything would jump out at me, saying “Yes, this is your image of the day!”  But…… Continue reading Bright Ideas

Lighting the Way

Lighting the Way

A dual street light, lighting the way to…who knows?  There is something compelling and yet sad and lonely about a man-made structure like this lamp post isolated and removed from it’s normal environment.   Framed like this, reality is hidden and the imagination takes over.   Is this the top of a high-rise parking structure?  A…… Continue reading Lighting the Way