Upside Ann

  Chicago, 2026 Zupe with Canadian smoke What do I like about this photograph? The way his long legs mirror the skyscrapers around him.

 as was the smoke from the Canadian wildfires.

 Think I caught my best side... The Bean, Chicago, June 2026

She (Michelle Obama) told Chicagoans they “have shown the world what we are capable of. You’ve proven that a lasting legacy isn’t an award or a name on a building or a number of zeros in a bank account, but the difference we make in one another’s lives. It’s about seeing each other, and showing up for each other, and carrying each other when we’re weary or faltering or losing faith. That’s how you build something that endures."  

  You've got to love a city with roads to the sky.  I had no idea that Chicago had these draw-bridgey roads.  Chicago, 2026 I love the way this photo makes me feel unmoored - those buildings are all leaning toward me.  Am I that attractive?

 Chicago, 2026 I love the sky.  I love the triple layers: sky, skyscrapers, vehicles.  I love how the car I'm riding in is included.  I'm definitely part of this traffic.  But what I love most.... how the mostly uniform blueness of the image is interrupted by a rectangle of yellow highway sign.  That contrasting color is focusing the movement of the cars down the road and into the future.