I love glass — I’ve made blown and fused glass and neon art, and I just like how glass acts in the world. It reflects, it refracts, it bends and twists and turns. Some say it’s always a liquid, but some say cats are liquids, so I leave definitions to others and appreciate both of them for what they are.

Anyway, one lunchtime I was walking along the Chicago River on Upper Wacker Drive and noticed Marina City (the “corncob towers”) reflected in the apparently very funky window glass at 111 W. Wacker. At that angle, there’s a building visible between the two Marina City towers, so I aligned the three as best I could and tapped away on my phone. This was my favorite.

July 27, 2024. OnePlus 12 cell phone, 13.3mm focal length (35mm equivalent: 140mm), f/2.75, 1/140, ISO 50.