Pulaski Square
by Larry Braun
Title
Pulaski Square
Artist
Larry Braun
Medium
Digital Art - Photography
Description
Savannah Georgia
Laid out in 1837, along with Madison and Lafayette Squares, both lying to its east along Macon Street. It is named for the Polish Count Casimir Pulaski (1745-1779), killed in the Siege of Savannah. His monument stands in Monterey Square.
Pulaski Square was the first residential area restored by the Historic Savannah Foundation. The Pulaski Square-West Jones Street project began in 1965, a year before Savannah’s Historic District was awarded its National Landmark status.
I strolled through Savannah's squares during two time periods. Early in the morning, and late in the evening. I did Pulaski Square in the early morning. You can see the effects of the low horizontal morning sunlight as it meanders through the beautiful branches of the live oaks, and illuminates the historic houses in the background. Photographers call this time the golden hour, although its really about two hours in length.
One of the few squares that has no fountain or statute, the beauty of Pulaski Square is in the abundance of live oaks. To enhance the abundance of trees I decided to use the texture to merge the canopy of all the trees together and put emphasis on the trunks that rises up and creates a continuous cover of leaves over the entire park. Allowing tiny slivers of this golden sunlight to permeate through the canopy.
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June 19th, 2018
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