Category Archives: Photographs: Structures and Objects

Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Tire Shop, Willow Street

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Tire Shop, Willow Street

Tire Shop, Willow Street. San Jose, California. December 26, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Entrance and front wall of an old Tire Shop on Willow Steet in San Jose California.

Another example of a functioning but dilapidated urban business in San Jose, California – and also photographed on an urban photography walk. I think of this, to some extent, as a counterpoint to the Hub Cap City photograph I posted earlier – they possess some obvious similarities and some obvious differences. One similarity that interests me, but not the only one, is that they both reflect the occupants more than a typical modern business; the hand painted signs and the personalized decoration (here very simple and almost absent, but at Hub Cap City almost completely over the top) have allowed the buildings to take on individual character from their occupants.

This photograph is not in the public domain. It may not be used on websites, blogs, or in any other media without explicit advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.

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Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Hub Cap City

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Hub Cap City

Hub Cap City. San Jose, California. January 4, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

The Hub Cap City store on San Carlos Street in San Jose, California.

The Hub Cap City has been a landmark of sorts on old San Carlos Street west of downtown San Jose for many years. I think it is easy to see why… :-)

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Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Front Yard After Rain

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Front Yard After Rain

Front Yard After Rain. San Jose, California. January 2, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of an urban home and front yard after rain, San Jose, California.

Continuing with the “urban landscape” theme – and there are quite a few more of these in the pipeline – this is the front of an older home in a San Jose neighborhood, photographed in the early evening after rain had just cleared.

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Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Steps, Handrail, Mailbox, Door

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Steps, Handrail, Mailbox, Door

Steps, Handrail, Mailbox, Door. San Jose, California. December 26, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Steps, handrail, mailbox, door, and wall in a light industrial building in downtown San Jose, California.

I found this doorway on a side street in a light industrial area of downtown San Jose. I like the combination of all sorts of angles – perspective lines and the line of the handrail – and the contrast between the cold tone cement of the entry way and the warmly lighted interior of the building.

Yes, it is another “urban landscape” photograph.

This photograph is not in the public domain. It may not be used on websites, blogs, or in any other media without explicit advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.

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