Michael McLane Photography

Based in Irvine, California, award-winning photographer Michael McLane specializes in portrait and architectural photography.

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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Waiting at the Bus Stop

Photo of a red-haired woman waiting for a bus on a rainy street in Italy
Photo of a Woman at a Bus Stop in Italy

Michael McLane captured this woman with red hair and wearing a rain coat on a rainy day while traveling in Italy. How is it that such a mundane scene can become such a work of art? Perhaps it is the woman's strikingly colored red hair. She looks elegant and sophisticated from the back, such that I am a little shocked to see her waiting for a bus, a victim of the mundane impositions of urban life. Have you ever wondered how much of your life is taken up with just waiting? No better time to ponder this reality than when waiting upon public transport to arrive and rescue you from your state of suspended animation and place you back on your life's course. Many people in modern cities in the West rely on their cars to take them to and from their suburban outposts, so many of them may not have asked themselves this question. But they no doubt have a very clear idea of how much of their lives are consumed in the suspended animation of the suburban commute by car.

Available in limited editions of 5 prints:
8x12 inch with 16x20 inch mat
11x16 inch with 18x24 inch mat
13x20 with 22x28 inch mat

Labels: bus stop, cityscape, rainy street, red hair, woman

posted by JohnC at 3:12 PM 0 Comments


Venice Canal and Gondola



Photo of a Gondolier on a Venice Canal (Rio Giacomo dell Oro)

The confined space of one of Venice's canals is featured in this "urbanscape" photograph by Michael McLane. A gondolier plies his work in the gondola ahead. A residents' laundry hangs from a clothes line extended from one of the buildings at the canal's edge to remind us that the canals of Italy's Venice are there not to please tourists, but to carry its residents about their daily lives. The canal curves gently to the right ahead causing me to wonder what features of the watery landscape were behind the twists and turns of these watery roads.

Available in limited edition of 5:
8x12 inch with 16x20 inch mat
11x16 inch with 18x24 inch mat
13x20 with 22x28 inch mat

Labels: canal, cityscape, gondola, Venice

posted by JohnC at 3:06 PM 0 Comments


Holy Chile

Cityscape photo of Christ and caption Holy Chile

Urban Landscape

Travels are often rewarded with humorous sights, such as the combination of the sacred with the mundane and sometimes profane. This photograph blends the sacred with the mundane, featuring an image of Christ on an advertising billboard. Whatever is on offer is not quite apparent from the photograph, but at least we do know that they're open for business.

Limited edition of 5 prints each:
8x12 inch with 16x20 inch mat
11x16 inch with 18x24 inch mat
13x20 with 22x28 inch mat

Labels: Christ, cityscape

posted by JohnC at 3:01 PM 0 Comments


Bridge in Florence

Cityscape of a bridge in Florence
Cityscape Florence
A man in a rowing skull passes under a bridge in Florence. Like many bridges in Europe, it is fully-enclosed with commercial properties attached to the structure.

Available as a limited edition series of 5:
8x12 inch with 16x20 inch mat
11x16 inch with 18x24 inch mat
13x20 with 22x28 inch mat

Labels: cityscape, florence, rowing

posted by JohnC at 2:54 PM 0 Comments


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