59 of 113

|

wood prints pittsburgh skyline wood prints bridge wood prints city wood prints pittsburgh pennsylvania wood prints smithfield street bridge wood prints ice wood prints cold wood prints water wood prints river wood prints reflections wood prints monongahela river wood prints cityscape wood prints city life wood prints

photographs pittsburgh skyline photos bridge photos city photos pittsburgh pennsylvania photos smithfield street bridge photos ice photos cold photos water photos river photos reflections photos monongahela river photos cityscape photos city life photos

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

Before cycling across the Monongahela River on the Smithfield Bridge to meet a friend I made this photograph of downtown Pittsburgh. Located at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers, Pittsburgh is known as the "City of Bridges" for its 446 bridges. The city features 30 skyscrapers, two inclined railways, a pre-revolutionary fortification and the Point State Park at the confluence of the rivers. The city developed as a vital link of the Atlantic coast and Midwest, as the mineral-rich Allegheny Mountains made the area coveted by the French and British empires, Virginians, Whiskey Rebels, and Civil War raiders.

Pittsburgh has led in manufacturing of steel, aluminum, glass, shipbuilding, petroleum, foods, sports, transportation, computing, autos, and electronics. For part of the 20th century, Pittsburgh was behind only New York and Chicago in corporate headquarters employment; it had the most U.S. stockholders per capita. America's 1980s deindustrialization l...

I started taking photos a long time ago as a child with a hand me down old Kodak camera that took a 125 film cartridge. At first it was simply a means to record events, places and people, but now I find excitement in trekking, usually by bicycle, through cities, small towns, rural communities, abandon industrial sites and old buildings. I absorb the sights, sounds, smells and lighting of new places and try to capture their essence and communicate something of their majesty, mystery, memory, and drama. For me photography is a way to share the excitement and beauty of the world and express my own unique view of it. It's an art and a powerful communicator.