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Before the El Came Down: Photographs by John Woolf features vibrant digital photographs of the El taken on a single night just weeks before its demolition. “I wasn’t able to get back to North Station until a few weeks later,” Woolf recalled about his process after that night.
He also enjoys night photography, especially when it involves his specialties: architecture and landscapes. John took the El photos on his first digital camera, because he wanted to try his hand at colored night photography, a difficult prospect with film because the colors get distorted.
© John Woolf 2006
The photographs – edited to convey what Woolf calls “color film noir” – highlight the architecture of the El and North Station platform. They also showcase how those structures fit in among other neighborhood features and shops, such as Empire Photo, which has also since closed.
Here are some highlights from the opening reception for our new exhibit, Before the El Came Down: Photographs by John Woolf. John Woolf's stunning "color fil...
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- The West End Museum Boston, MA
December 1, 2021. John Woolf has spent more than two decades photographing Mount Auburn Cemetery. He appreciates Mount Auburn as an arboretum and place of tranquility. “For years,” he adds, “I have photographed sculpture and architecture, and I have always been drawn to 19th-century iconography of death. All that is there in the Cemetery.”.
© 2006 John Woolf Photography
