The US in October (Asbury Park, Occupy Wall Street, etc.!)

[andersju]

Of course you don't have to have a Leica. Some people can take better pictures on a phone than many Leica owners can.

Not saying this is a great shot but I just remembered I took one on the first day with my Android phone, when I didn't have the X100 with me:

Works OK if you're aware of the limitations / can work within them.

 

[Trius]

good stuff

 

[jan normandale]

it's "strange days" in the USA. A lot of frustrated people a lot of unemployed people and a lost generation. A new situation and photos taken with a new generation of camera. Entirely appropriate for the moment. I can see an "outsider's eye" here because you aren't invested in the situations you are encountering. Very nice work.

 

[blw]

Thanks for the cross-posting andersju. Without it, I might not have seen your thread. I'm jealous of you on many levels here.

I have actually traveled by Amtrak once in this country and enjoyed it immensely. That said, there are many people here who will never travel by Amtrak- much less across the entire country- and you're doing it before the age of 30. Hell, most people in this country won't cross it in an airplane.

Thanks for posting some great photos and please keep posting more!

barry

 

[andersju]

Trius, Jan, blw: Thanks so much!

Time for some more. First, Chicago:

Outside Apple Store, North Michigan Ave., Chicago

From Chicago I took the California Zephyr train to San Francisco, which was quite an experience. Traveling in some areas on the east coast it sometimes felt like it was all industrial wasteland and urban sprawl. Spending hours watching cornfields and going through the Rockies provided a very different view of the country.

Smoke break next to a seemingly once grand, now abandoned station building in Omaha, Nebraska.

Going up the Rockies after leaving Denver, Colorado.

...somewhere in Utah...

 

[PatrickONeill]

beautiful work so far.

 

[kknox]

Great photos, great camera, great adventure thru the USA. Thanks for sharing your trip.

 

[Paddy C]

Great work.

Interesting to see the occupy Wall Street photos followed by the response to Jobs' death.

 

[dave lackey]

Souinds like a cool adventure and wish you well. If you happen to swing down through Atlanta, give us a heads up and we'll be happy to buy you an iced tea, beer, whatever!

 

[Tompas]

Excellent photographs, andersju!

 

[andersju]

Thanks guys! Unfortunately no time for Atlanta this time, Dave, but I'll keep that in mind next time, cheers!

Some more - near the end of my trip now:

Hackmeet 2011 at Noisebridge hackerspace on Mission St. in San Francisco. Noisebridge is a fantastic place for anyone who likes making things and meeting interesting people. Computers, wood/metal workshop, electronics lab, sewing machines, etc. They even have a darkroom!(!)

On the train to Portland

And back in Manhattan...

Square dance with The 99% String Band

Geraldo arrived with Fox News; heckling ensued.

 

[jan normandale]

You've had a photographers dream trip! There's so much compelling photography just in this thread.

 

[andersju]

A final few...

Time to shave, get a haircut, find more work and save up for next time

 

[Don Parsons]

Excellent work! You ought to do a blurb book, I'd buy it. I'm sorry I missed your initial posting, I live in St Louis and could have walked around with you for a couple days. Next time.

 

[jsrockit]

Your images are getting stronger as you go on through your trip.

 

[nightfly]

Very nice work. Going to swing by Zucotti Park today. Thanks for the inspiration.

 

[Coldkennels]

Excellent work! You ought to do a blurb book, I'd buy it.

+1 on that.