Dakota

Sweet little Dakota is only 15 days old on the pictures. So precious, gentle and very cooperative cute model. Love her! 

Sophia G.

Gary, Indiana

Abounded Gary - a lost Metropolis of Indiana Industry

Gary , Indiana is located southeastern portion of the Chicago Metropolitan area. The city is known for its large steel mills , and for being the birthplace of the The Jackson 5 music group. Found in 1906, the city was name after the lawyer Elbert Henry Gary, who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation. (American Steel).

Driving down Broadway Avenue, once known as a MAIN STREET, we found number of abounded social clubs, theater marquees, beauty shops and churches. Some of the building soon will be "demolished by neglect".

Pictures were take with a great help of my friend Robert Ives and a Detroit  photographer Teddy Iglesias( who helped me locating some of the building).

From first to last :

Gary Union Station, St. Stephen's Baptist Church, and The Palace.

Thank you for taking some time and explore my gallery. Enjoy the photographs.

 

Sean Ives

Sean Ives  has won 2013 INDIANA State National Geographic Bee and a Regional Spelling Bee.

He  will compete in Washington DC in the Script National Spelling and the National Geographic Bee.

Good Luck Sean!

Tulip Festival, Holland

Model Zzz

Spring

Krisi

Mariah Parker

Sleeping Bear Dunes

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was named the "Most Beautiful Place in America" on ABC's Good Morning America in 2011. Located along northwest cost of Lower Peninsula of Michigan, the National shore covers 35 mile /60km stretch of Lake Michigan.

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress was established in 1800 and its legislation is to have "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress". The Library is the oldest federal cultural institution in the USA, and it is the largest library in the world  by shelf space and number of books. Although it is open to the public, only Library employees, Members of Congress, Supreme Court justices and other high-ranking government officials may check out books.

After the WAR of 1812 , big number of books original collection was destroyed , Thomas Jefferson sold  6,487 books ,(his entire personal collection ) to the library in 1815. That was a collection  of philosophy, science, literature, architecture and other topics in English and foreign languages that Jefferson had spent 50 years accumulating.

Now the collection of the Library includes  32 million cataloged books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 61 million manuscripts,  the largest rare book collection in North America, including the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, and Gutenberg Bible  (one of only four perfect vellum copies known to exist).

Photography inside the quite rooms is prohibited. All the pictures were taken from the second and third floor and mezzanine.  Please enjoy them.

Washington DC

Vencislava

Pianos

With a group of  great local photographers , I explored abounded KING SOLOMON Baptist Church ,located in Detroit. Along with forgotten  Bibles, furniture, pews, chairs, we found 10 pianos. Some of the pianos were in a very bad condition, some were still able to produce sound , and I just arranged some of them in the way I felt  about it.  

Please enjoy the pictures.

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Yellowstone - the Super volcano is located primarily in  Wyoming, but expanded in Montana and Idaho, and  covers almost two million acres. Yellowstone experiences thousands of small earthquakes every year, virtually all of which are undetectable to the  tourists. The park contains the largest active geyser in the world. There are 300 geysers in Yellowstone and a total of at least 10,000 geothermal features altogether. Half the geothermal features and two-thirds of the world's geysers are concentrated in it. The park has over 290 waterfalls, Yellowstone Lake is the largest high altitude  lake in North America. Hot springs and chromatic pools are one of the most photographed areas of the park.

Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is the first  American national park—an idea that spread worldwide.

Fisher Building

FISHER Building is called Detroit largest art object. Built in 1928 by architect Albert Kahn who received the Architectural League's SILVER Medal designating this building as the most beautiful commercial structure of the year. Outside- metallic trim is  solid bronze, inside- marble from all over the world . Nowadays, shops, restaurants, art galleries and theater are housed inside its wall.  Underground walkways connect the Fisher Building to the General Motors World Headquarters.

The Fisher Brothers, developers of the closed automobile, erected the building for their offices.