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That Bridge – Everything Else
27 Jun 2021

That Bridge – Everything Else

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: That Bridge | 0

In the years since I shot these photos of That Bridge, I haven’t been back to photograph it that much since. However at the beginning of 2021 I wrote a script and started doing filming for a movie about Joliet’s … Continued

bridge, Des Plaines River, Illinois, Joliet, Rock Island R.R., train bridge
That Bridge – That Girl
3 May 2021

That Bridge – That Girl

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: That Bridge | 0

The top image of the little girl with the basket picking dandelions, still warms my heart to this day.

casino, dandelion, Des Plaines River, Harrah's, Joliet, little girl, riverboat, That Bridge, train bridge
That Bridge – Gritty
26 Oct 2015

That Bridge – Gritty

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: That Bridge | 0

That Bridge – Gritty, In the City of Stone There’s a certain grittiness to Joliet that I have always loved. The city has several nicknames, The City of Stone, The City of Steel, The City of Champions & Prison City and … Continued

bridge, city of stone, DesPlaines River, gritty, Illinois, Joliet, train bridge, trains, working man's town
That Bridge
19 Oct 2015

That Bridge

by Vincent D. Johnson | posted in: That Bridge | 1

That Bridge – Joliet   Playing tribute to photographer Mark Hirsch’s “That Tree” project, which was later made into a book. I had to revisit what was my first long term attempt at documenting a single subject, the old Rock … Continued

DesPlaines River, Illinois, Joliet, That Bridge, train bridge, trains

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