Today I come to you with what will hopefully be one of three posts this week. After my previous failure at the military junkyard/museum, I hoped that my luck would turn around today.
Thankfully my luck decided to not only turn around, but do three or four more rotations in a positive direction. Follow me here; an overgrown, reused, weather-beaten, abandoned minor-league baseball stadium. Oh photography gods, how I thank thee.
Bush Stadium is the previous home of the Indianapolis Indians, the local minor league squad. After a bit of digging, I found out that the stadium had been built in 1931 as Perry Stadium, then renamed Victory Field in 1942, and renamed for its remaining days as Bush Stadium. With a rich history including multiple movies being filmed on-site, Negro League baseball finals, and even being a host stadium for the 1987 Pan-Am games, the future of the stadium is now looking quite bleak. The stadium saw its final hurrah in 1997 as a midget auto racing venue.
Thirteen years later, the stadium sits in shambles, being used as a lot to hold cars from the "Cash for Clunkers" program. Very sad story for quite a history-rich building. With that being said, here is what was seen through my lens.
Well I haven't had a chance to go shoot all week - a combination of terrible winter weather and being busy - but with a 50 degree Saturday happening before my eyes, I couldn't pass up the chance to shoot. I ended up getting a tip from a friend about a great place to photograph in the Indianapolis area, Holliday Park. My girlfriend decided to accompany me and we both had a blast exploring around the various sculptures, trails, and gardens. I absolutely cannot wait for spring and/or fall at this place, I have got to imagine that nothing but beautiful pictures will come from this park.
FYI - The random sculpture in the middle of the park is titled "the Races of Man," by Elmer Taflinger. Originally the façade of the St. Paul building in New York City, the sculptures made their way to Indianapolis after the building was torn down in 1950. Stay parked after the jump.
