Buckingham Fountain Panorama at Twilight - Grant Park Chicago Illinois
by Silvio Ligutti
Title
Buckingham Fountain Panorama at Twilight - Grant Park Chicago Illinois
Artist
Silvio Ligutti
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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The process of making this photograph was long and arduous! My plan was to land at O'Hare Int'l, take the train downtown, check in at the hostel, and walk the four blocks to Grant Park, where Buckingham Fountain is located. It pretty much went like this except that I waited at the baggage claim carousel for 50 minutes for my bag, in which my tripod was. After that time I decided to inquire at baggage service, and using my baggage ticket, they tried to pull the info from the computer. NADA! The bag was lost in the system. No one had checked it in. The person suggested that I go to my hostel and wait there until it shows up in the system, they would deliver ASAP he told me. I took the train and while I was approaching downtown I checked if there was a Target near the hostel, since I knew they sell some flimsy tripods in the camera section. It was Sunday, so all camera stores were closed. Target was my only option. I got my cheapo tripod at Target, headed to the hostel, checked in, and ran to Buckingham Fountain before the light would disappear. It was very hard to maneuver this tripod, but somehow it managed the 8-second exposure it took for every 8 portrait photographs that form this panorama. Thanks for looking. FAA watermark WILL NOT show on final printed image.
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Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark in the center of Grant Park. Dedicated in 1927, it is one of the largest fountains in the world. Built in a rococo wedding cake style and inspired by the Latona Fountain at the Palace of Versailles, it is meant to allegorically represent Lake Michigan. It operates from April to October, with regular water shows and evening color-light shows. During the winter, the fountain is decorated with festival lights.
The fountain is considered Chicago's front door, since it resides in Grant Park, the city's front yard near the intersection of Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway. The fountain itself represents Lake Michigan, with each sea horse symbolizing the states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana, that border the lake. The fountain was designed by beaux arts architect Edward H. Bennett. The statues were created by the French sculptor Marcel F. Loyau. The design of the fountain was inspired by the Bassin de Latome and modeled after Latona Fountain at Versailles.
The fountain was donated to the city by Kate Buckingham in memory of her brother, Clarence Buckingham, and was constructed at a cost of $750,000. The fountain's official name is the Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain. Kate Buckingham also established the Buckingham Fountain Endowment Fund with an initial investment of $300,000 to pay for maintenance.[1] Buckingham Fountain was dedicated on August 26, 1927.
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June 29th, 2015
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