I have two images of The Chicago Board Of Trade Building from my walking tour in the area, hauling my plastic Holga camera. It was loaded with 120-size B&W film, and unlike some of my other Holga images, I scanned the selected negatives in grey scale. But as would be befitting a building dating back decades, I again chose to go in a toned sepia-color palette for the final result.
The Chicago Board of Trade has been operating out of 141 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, in a building designed by architects Holabird & Root that is 605 feet (184 m) tall, since 1930 to be exact. This Art Deco building incorporates sculptural work by Alvin Meyer and is capped by a 31-foot (9.5 m) tall statue of the Roman goddess Ceres in reference to the exchange's heritage as a commodity market.
I found it to be massive, imposing, and strong, and tried to get that feel in the two images I have of it. This one, a vertical, and its companion, a horizontal, hopefully convey that feeling of solidity and strength.
