Navy Pier
Chicago, IL
Feb 2014

2014 Snow Days Chicago by Paul Sager, on Flickr


Snow sculpture is comparable to sand sculpture or ice sculpture in that major events are practiced outdoors, and often in full view of spectators, thus giving it kinship to performance art.

2014 Snow Days Chicago


Snow sculptures are usually carved out of a single block of snow about 6 to 15 feet on each side and weighing about 20 - 30 tons. The snow is densely packed into a form after having been produced by artificial means or collected from the ground after a snowfall.

2014 Snow Days Chicago


The Saint Paul Winter Carnival (St Paul, Minnesota) is the oldest annual winter carnival in the world, with the first one being held in 1886.

2014 Snow Days Chicago


In 1885, a New York reporter wrote that Saint Paul was, "another Siberia, unfit for human habitation" in winter. Offended by this attack on their city, the Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce decided to prove not only that Saint Paul was habitable but that its citizens were very much alive during winter, their most dominant season

2014 Snow Days Chicago


The U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship, Winter Fun USA, is held during the annual Winterfest, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, just a bit north of Chicago.

These images from the 2014 Snow Days Chicago were captured with an EOS 5DIII and EF 28-70mm f/2.8L. The RAW files were processing in Adobe Lightroom 6.

2014 Snow Days Chicago by Paul Sager, on Flickr


These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.

Navy Pier
Chicago, IL
Feb 2014

2014 Snow Days Chicago by Paul Sager, on Flickr


Snow sculpture is comparable to sand sculpture or ice sculpture in that major events are practiced outdoors, and often in full view of spectators, thus giving it kinship to performance art.

2014 Snow Days Chicago


Snow sculptures are usually carved out of a single block of snow about 6 to 15 feet on each side and weighing about 20 - 30 tons. The snow is densely packed into a form after having been produced by artificial means or collected from the ground after a snowfall.

2014 Snow Days Chicago


The Saint Paul Winter Carnival (St Paul, Minnesota) is the oldest annual winter carnival in the world, with the first one being held in 1886.

2014 Snow Days Chicago


In 1885, a New York reporter wrote that Saint Paul was, "another Siberia, unfit for human habitation" in winter. Offended by this attack on their city, the Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce decided to prove not only that Saint Paul was habitable but that its citizens were very much alive during winter, their most dominant season

2014 Snow Days Chicago


The U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship, Winter Fun USA, is held during the annual Winterfest, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, just a bit north of Chicago.

These images from the 2014 Snow Days Chicago were captured with an EOS 5DIII and EF 28-70mm f/2.8L. The RAW files were processing in Adobe Lightroom 6.

2014 Snow Days Chicago by Paul Sager, on Flickr


These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.

Navy Pier
Chicago, IL
Feb 2014

2014 Snow Days Chicago by Paul Sager, on Flickr


Snow sculpture is comparable to sand sculpture or ice sculpture in that major events are practiced outdoors, and often in full view of spectators, thus giving it kinship to performance art.

2014 Snow Days Chicago


Snow sculptures are usually carved out of a single block of snow about 6 to 15 feet on each side and weighing about 20 - 30 tons. The snow is densely packed into a form after having been produced by artificial means or collected from the ground after a snowfall.

2014 Snow Days Chicago


The Saint Paul Winter Carnival (St Paul, Minnesota) is the oldest annual winter carnival in the world, with the first one being held in 1886.

2014 Snow Days Chicago


In 1885, a New York reporter wrote that Saint Paul was, "another Siberia, unfit for human habitation" in winter. Offended by this attack on their city, the Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce decided to prove not only that Saint Paul was habitable but that its citizens were very much alive during winter, their most dominant season

2014 Snow Days Chicago


The U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championship, Winter Fun USA, is held during the annual Winterfest, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, just a bit north of Chicago.

These images from the 2014 Snow Days Chicago were captured with an EOS 5DIII and EF 28-70mm f/2.8L. The RAW files were processing in Adobe Lightroom 6.

2014 Snow Days Chicago by Paul Sager, on Flickr


These images are sized to fill your wide-screen display. Try using <F11> to maximize your browser window for the full effect. If the images overshoot your display, such as a laptop, just click on the image or the URL link and they'll resize to your screen from the host Flickr site. You can click a bit further into the image details on the Flickr page, if desired. EXIF data is available from the host Flickr pages as well. On the Flickr site, use your <L>key for Large and the <F11> for the full-screen.