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JoAnn Elam Collection
El
Similarly to a portion of “E1 A&W F Print,” “El” focuses on the Chicagoan locomotion via CTA trains. A static camera idly sits passenger, recor...
JoAnn Elam Collection
Landscape
This footage by JoAnn Elam from 1973 first shows the roofs of apartment buildings and houses, trees, and tires from what appears to be a moving car...
JoAnn Elam Collection
Palmer Square
This footage starts in Chicago’s Palmer Square Park, where JoAnn Elam films the people around her and the houses bordering the park in a series of ...
JoAnn Elam Collection
[Fall]
This footage was most likely shot in a residential neighborhood of Chicago, where JoAnn Elam lived most of her life. The camera pans over the house...
JoAnn Elam Collection
Highway
This footage by JoAnn Elam was taken from a moving car on the highway near Chicago, where Elam lived for most of her life. Cars, lampposts, buildin...
JoAnn Elam Collection
[Snowstorm]
This footage from 1984 shows JoAnn Elam’s neighborhood after a snowstorm, most likely in Chicago. Elam films the snowy alleys and houses first from...
JoAnn Elam Collection
[Garfield Park Conservatory]
As its title indicates, this footage was taken at Garfield Park Conservatory in the west side of Chicago, during the Christmas Flower Show of 1984....
JoAnn Elam Collection
Humb
This footage by JoAnn Elam is partly filmed from inside a car riding in the streets of Chicago. Elam captures the houses around, the statues of Fri...
JoAnn Elam Collection
Cold Day with Chuck
This 8mm film by JoAnn Elam was shot in Chicago around 1984. It features an unidentified woman, perhaps a neighbor, and (very briefly) Chuck Kleinh...
JoAnn Elam Collection
Garbage
This footage from the JoAnn Elam collection is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside. JoAnn Elam was ...
JoAnn Elam Collection
El Shots
Elam’s “El Shots,” sharing footage and theme with Elam’s “El,” sketches travel in Chicago. From people scurrying across intersections, to cars blur...
JoAnn Elam Collection
City Council
This footage by JoAnn Elam shows members of the Chicago city council during one of their meetings around 1973. As in two other element from this co...
JoAnn Elam Collection
[City Council 1]
This footage by JoAnn Elam shows members of the Chicago city council during one of their meetings around 1973. As in another element from this coll...
JoAnn Elam Collection
[City Council 2]
This footage by JoAnn Elam shows members of the Chicago city council during one of their meetings around 1973. As in another element from this coll...
JoAnn Elam Collection
[City Council 3]
This footage by JoAnn Elam shows members of the Chicago city council during one of their meetings around 1973. As in other elements from this colle...
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