A few years back, I listened to Modest Mouse while driving and watched the world changed. Now, every time I'm in a restaurant or in a store and they start to play Modest Mouse (which isn't often but is memorable)I feel it like the first time.

Anyhow, I thought of this project awhile ago..to capture Chicago..to capture how we live..the very essence of crowded loneliness...where you can't breathe but at the same time, you don't know any of the people who are suffocating you.

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Hello out there! I know I've been posting alot of band shots and if you really don't care for it...sorry! Here's a new idea I have. While out with my friends Nick and Erin today, I realized that I had yet to explore the vast loneliness that accompanies the hordes of people and traffic in the city that is both teaming with new ideas and people and at the same time (as Robert Smith might say) everything's coming to a grinding halt!

I think there's an element of solitude within the masses and I think it's the same scream that echoes back at you in the middle of the night. It's the feeling of claustrophobia at the same time that you just want to be touched. It's the feeling of being anonymous and at the same time always recognized.

How much more can I say about this? I feel the larger of a city you live in, the more difficult it is to connect with others. At the same time, the vastness of the people brings diversity and therefore opportunity that you'll meet someone you really love.

I live in Chicago and I am part of the Lonesome Crowded West.

(...er midwest)


Nick's photos here: www.flickr.com/photos/_nickd/
Erin's photos here: www.flickr.com/photos/interrobang/

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Chinatown Chicago-top in the midst of August, bottom during last year's Chinese New Year celebration.

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