Glenna Goodacre - Clay Masher

In the two weeks I have photographed two of the most important works by the American sculptor Glenna Goodacre. I have created a set that include photographs of both the Vietnam Women's Memorial, part of the Vietnam War Memorial on the National Mall, and The Irish Memorial, located at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia. Below the link to the photos, I have included the documentary Clay Masher. In the film she discussing both of the works I have photographed, as well as her work creating the image of Sacagawea that appears on the one dollar coin.

Glenna Goodacre

Philadelphia

A few downtown Philadelphia photographs from last weekend, mostly buildings and sculptures. Independence Hall is currently encased in scaffolding so I did not take any photographs of it.

Philadelphia 10/10

Picture ot the Day - 10/4/2010

No this is not a fountain of Pepto-Bismol. This is a version of Richard Indiana's Love sculpture, in front of the fountain in Love Park, Philadelphia. The fountain has been dyed pink for Breast Cancer Awareness.

Pictures of the Day - 2010

Flooding at the Fairmount Water Works

I was in Philadelphia last Friday and went to Fairmount Park on the Schuylkill River. This was just as a tropical rain—dropping over 10 inches of water upstream—was ending. The dam at the Fairmount Water Works usually has a fairly gentle water fall, but when I was there the water was gushing over the dam, flooding the water works and creating quite a mess. It is hard to capture in photographs how dramatic the scene was, particularly since the way the place is built you can stand right at the edge of the dam and look straight down into it. Here are some pictures of the flooding and some other scenes around the park.

Fairmount Park & Water Works - 10/1/10