TRAVELING AROUND DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS recently, I spotted this photographer atop a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 35. What, I wondered, was he photographing?
I was too focused on photographing the photographer to notice what he may have been shooting. I simply found it an unusual spot for someone to set up a tripod and now I’m wishing I had looked where his camera was aiming. Who is he? Why is he shooting here? And what?
Thoughts.
© Copyright 2015 Audrey Kletscher Helbling
Minnesota Prairie Roots 
One possibility is that he is shooting the lines and perspective that the chain-link cage create on the pedestrian overpass. He may have also been shooting a portrait of someone too.
Those are all possibilities. It’s going to be interesting to read these creative answers.
Perhaps in the midst of the urban busyness and brawl, he spied a mother bird at nest, fighting the elements and daring to survive… There among the concrete and wire, the din of cars rushing past, he caught the simple and timeless beauty of nature. Perhaps he too, is like our MN Prairie Roots author, who notices the easily over-looked things; a collector of moments, who cherishes the small wonders in life.
I like this thought.
And thank you for calling me a “collector of moments.” I like that poetic phrase. A lot.
You really are a very insightful person, Audrey, and your writings give us both roots and wings.
Thank you. And I can say the same for you about being insightful.
Would he really be taking photo’s through the chain-linked fence, or is his angle going down toward the overpass walk way? maybe he’s taking photos for a “walk” fun raiser 🙂
No, he wasn’t shooting through the chain link fence. That much I know. A fundraising walk passed through my mind as a possibility. Once again, we think alike.
With that pack on his back he could be a tourist. Or a very good photographer with a lot of equipment on his back xx
I think he’s likely local.
He may have been doing long exposures to either create streaks from tail lights, but it looks a bit too light for that, or long exposures to make the cars disappear. http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/34533/how-do-moving-objects-disappear-when-exposed-for-longer-duration
I actually don’t think he was photographing through the fence, but rather down the pedestrian walkway based on his angle.