Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Black Sewage Lagoon and The Forest of Preservation



This Morning, sometime around 6am, I decided to go to my bed and try to sleep. I woke up by 1pm in the afternoon and made a hotdog sandwich and some coffee. A couple hours later Luca yelled for me from the bathroom, telling me to come quick. I entered the room to find a stream of water rushing out along the tiles of the floor. While cleaning up the water and trying to stop the flow from the toilet, Kim, my roommate, yells from the front of our apartment. When I find her a fountain of water began to bubble up from the drain set in the middle of the concrete which makes up our front stoop. So by this point there are now two locations around my apartment, in which water was leaking. To leave the apartment I had to make a path consisting of a paint can and a bucket; even though crossing the sewage water still wasn't a pleasurable experience. After calling my landlord the contractor arrived to fix the problem, and two hours later, with a front stoop that was covered in black sewage he left.

Apparently the problem turned out to be a mixture of the runoff created by the storm outside and a blocked up sewage drain. Awesome. Also we turned our most front den into the Green Room. The trees remind me of MIssouri. Soon enough.

Always,

Sam Gove

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World Naked Bike Ride/Chicago 2009







This past Saturday(June 13th) happened to be the night of the yearly "World Naked Bike Ride" My roommate and I met up with a few friends at the meeting location and within an hour we were on the road. The ride itself ran over two hours as the mass made its way around the city of Chicago. From Chicago's famous Michigan Avenue, to it's longest, Ashland Avenue, the riders made sure to hit every popular Chicago location. Over 1700 people showed up for the ride and at points in the race the mass ranged over a mile long. Luckily enough I brought my camera and my low light lens. Enjoy!

Always,

Sam Gove

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Monday, June 8, 2009

Platos Cave



For Zach, Matty, and Luca. No matter where you are, or what you're doing, you will always be the dearest of my friends. I am your piece of work, created by friendships and memories. You all have my thanks.

I woke up this morning with the worst headache ever. Don't drink steel reserve. It kicks your ass.

Sam Gove

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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Summertime Swing








Summer has been sorta slow thus far, my new basement apartment is to comfortable to leave and since the move I have been more lazy than ever. I need something exciting in my life. A new inspiration. I would also like to go home. please...

Always,

Sam Gove

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Monday, May 18, 2009






Finals went extremely well, and the entirety of my final can be viewed on my flickr. Other than that summer has been going well so far and the weather here in Chicago is finally beginning to warm up a bit.

Here are a couple images I have taken over the past few days, hope you enjoy them. Also on a final note, I hope to start my documentary summer project on the newest up and coming bike team in Chicago, Team Beer'd.

The bottom image is a photograph of me holding open a vice magazine that has two of my images that were purchased by chrome printed in it. YES!

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Saturday, May 2, 2009

Studio 1/Digital 1 Final




I have been working on my final project lately for digital 1 and studio 1 and I think it's coming along pretty well. I'm still searching the entirety of my brain for a title of the project, but in the end it will amount to fifteen, 13x19in prints.

Enjoy,

Sam Gove

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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Crystal Castles







Crystal Castles headlined Columbia College Chicago's private student event friday for the end of Chaos Week. Sponsored by Sprite, the event opened around 7:30pm and ended by midnight. I had a great time photographing Alice perform, she connects with the crowd in such a personal way, which helped lead to some interesting photographs. By the end of the night a few officers of the CPD were dispersing the crowds and the night was over.

Sam Gove

ps. so the public vote has opened on the columbia college chicago expose yourself competition, Out of 150 competitors only 30 have moved on and i was lucky enough to be one of them. You can only vote once so please make the vote count. Thank you for all your support. and also ANYONE CAN VOTE. ANYONE!, JUST CLIKC THE LINK, CLICK ON MY SLIDE SHOW, AND VOTE! http://www.colum.edu/Student_Life/Competition/Public_Vote_Slideshow.php this goes until midnight on may 11th. The winner can get up to $2,000 in prize money so please please please vote. THANK YOU!. ANYONE OF THE PUBLIC! ANYONE VOTE!

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