The Travel Club is an association of independent, explorative and creative travelers from all over the world. We are dedicated to building and promoting travel culture on a global level. https://www.thetravelclub.org/tag/mike-osborne 2026-01-14T13:04:17+01:00 The Travel Club Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2014-12-02T14:14:49+01:00 2014-12-02T14:14:49+01:00 https://www.thetravelclub.org/articles/travelogues/652-the-avenues-of-monopoly-captured-in-pictures Nina Jovanovic

<p>In <a href="http://www.mikeosbornephoto.com/project/monopoly/" target="_blank"><em>Monopoly</em></a>, photographer <a href="http://www.mikeosbornephoto.com/" target="_blank">Mike Osborne</a> captures the drift from the Atlantic City romanticized by Monopoly and the Atlantic City of today. In this series of photos, the artist depicts the streets made famous by the board game—from low-rent Baltic and Mediterranean Avenues to the world-famous Boardwalk.</p> <p>As Osborne explains to The New York Times's <a href="http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/05/pass-go-take-pictures/?_r=1" target="_blank">Lens blog</a>, he focuses on views of or from the streets themselves. Pennsylvania Avenue and States Avenue don't look so different through Osborne's camera, despite the fact that they're on opposite sides of the board in Monopoly. Perhaps that is partly the result of Atlantic City's loss of the monopoly over gambling.</p> <p>The photos are on view at the <a href="http://hollyjohnsongallery.com/html/home.asp" target="_blank">Holly Johnson Gallery</a> in Dallas until December 20.</p> <p>—</p> <p><em>Read the full article on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.citylab.com/work/2014/11/the-avenues-of-monopoly-captured-in-pictures/382515/" target="_blank">CityLab.com</a></em></p>

<p>In <a href="http://www.mikeosbornephoto.com/project/monopoly/" target="_blank"><em>Monopoly</em></a>, photographer <a href="http://www.mikeosbornephoto.com/" target="_blank">Mike Osborne</a> captures the drift from the Atlantic City romanticized by Monopoly and the Atlantic City of today. In this series of photos, the artist depicts the streets made famous by the board game—from low-rent Baltic and Mediterranean Avenues to the world-famous Boardwalk.</p> <p>As Osborne explains to The New York Times's <a href="http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/05/pass-go-take-pictures/?_r=1" target="_blank">Lens blog</a>, he focuses on views of or from the streets themselves. Pennsylvania Avenue and States Avenue don't look so different through Osborne's camera, despite the fact that they're on opposite sides of the board in Monopoly. Perhaps that is partly the result of Atlantic City's loss of the monopoly over gambling.</p> <p>The photos are on view at the <a href="http://hollyjohnsongallery.com/html/home.asp" target="_blank">Holly Johnson Gallery</a> in Dallas until December 20.</p> <p>—</p> <p><em>Read the full article on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.citylab.com/work/2014/11/the-avenues-of-monopoly-captured-in-pictures/382515/" target="_blank">CityLab.com</a></em></p>