Randall Perkinson Photography

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I'm a streetscape photographer capturing the world around me. Small rural towns to large cities. Some zoo photography too. I hope my images stir an emotion in you or bring back a memory. Reposting is appreciated. Other use requires permission.

The stacked stone face of a building with a square window rotated 45 degrees to a diamond shape has a red neon sign in the window that reads "ATM".
A red door in a yellow brick building. There is a metal bar outer door to provide security to the building. Over the door is a window air conditioner framed into an old window opening that has a brick arch above it with 3 decorative white diamond shaped bricks.
A white framed double hung window in a the side of a brick building. At the lower left on the window frame is a doorbell. Maybe it should be called a window bell?
A blue, a red, and three pink (or faded red) trash cards sit in front of a brick building that as an arched window in its side. To the left is an extension of the building that has a brightly colored mural painted on it.
The back of a brick building with three windows and a door. The lower window is glass blocks in an arched opening. Above it is a tall, rectangular window, again with an arched opening. In the upper right is a large, almost square multi-pane glass window that had an arch above it that has been bricked in. There is a modern white wood door at sidewalk level framed into a larger opening. There are multiple electric services and 6 electric meters hanging on the side of the building.
An old weathered door in a brick building.
A grey squirrel hangs onto the side of a brick wall along the main drag in Du Quoin, Illinois.
A front view of the USPS Post Office in Du Quoin, Illinois. There are two levels with 5 windows on the upper level and 4 windows and a door on the lower level. It is a brick and stone building. The middle three upper windows have small balconies with railings. The door and two middle windows on the first level have semicircular arches above them. A flag pole sits out front flying two flags.
The brick and stone front view of the Grand Theater in Du Quoin Illinois. Portions of the front are painted bright red. There is a marquee sign that has a big gold "G" in the middle and "Grand" on each side over a changeable message board.
The back door of a State Farm office is cut into the roofline of a very steeply pitched, bright red, metal roof that ends just 3 feet above the sidewalk.
A heavy wooden door at the entrance to a retail/commercial building has a sign on it that says, "Out to Lunch".
An electric meter, a DirectTV satellite dish and other communications wiring hang on a boarded-up window and brick wall of an old building.
An image of the back side of an old brick building with two modern doors set into large old window or door openings. There are multitude of electric power and communication wires strung from out of view to come to multiple electric meters and wiring enclosures hanging on the side of the building.
A bike is parked on the sidewalk next to a brick building housing several small businesses.
A view of the side of the Du Quoin State Bank. The three story stone building has a large glass block wall topped by a semi-circular window. An awning with the bank name overhangs the sidewalk to protect the night deposit box. A two story brick addition at the end of the building has a door off the sidewalk with a sign overhead that reads "Walk-Up".
A side view of a two story brick building with metal stairs leading from the sidewalk to a second story door. There is white paint on the brick beside the stairs indicating that a portion of it was once enclosed. Beneath the stairs is a faded painted advertising sign, also known as a ghost sign.
A brick building with a green tile roof. An older section of the building has a Ford emblem stone marker over the entrance. A bright yellow awning with "SENIOR CENTER" written in large red letters hangs over a double glass and metal door. A blue and white sign hangs perpendicular to the wall and identifies the location as "TOWNSHIP - Davis-McCain Center".
A small European starling stands on the bottom edge of a vertical hole in a sheet of plywood covering a window opening in an old brick building.
A water faucet/spigot sticks up through a sidewalk drain with a metal grate cover. Behind the sidewalk is a stone wall and a small piece of brick wall.
A photo of a long, white concrete block wall of a building with a terra cotta brown tile roof. There is a parking lot light hanging from near the top of the wall and a red and white sign saying "Reserved Parking For Southern Illinois Liquor Mart" centered on the wall. A blue trash dumpster with a black lid sits on the ground at the left of the image. The wall has settled noticeably through the center portion of the image with many cracks appearing in the mortar between the blocks.
A yellow brick wall above a flagstone wall base has the image of a red apple with a worm whose head is shaped like a tooth inset into the wall using smaller bricks.
A photo of a two-story brick building. The upper level has two vertical, rectangular windows with stone cornices. In the middle is a three-window bay window bump out with very ornate woodwork. A power pole sits in the sidewalk in front of the building with heave power or communication wiring strung parallel to the face of the building.
A one story brick building with a brown metal roof line has four portraits of historic local figures painted on the side of this city owned building. A flagpole sits in front of the building along the sidewalk with three flags flying on it.
A picture of a two story brick building. The bottom is painted tan nad has a green and red neon sign reading "Murphysboro Abstract Co.", "Real Estate", "Insurance", and "Abstracts". The second floor has three tall windows, each capped by a brick arch. The top has some ornate brickwork across the front of the building.
Black and white view of a two story brick building, probably from the late 1800s or early 1900s. The top floor has 8 tall and narrow windows with an arch at the top. The lower level has an awning around the two street sides of the buiding with "BREWS BROTHERS TAPROOM" on it. The corner of the building is chamfered just enough to fit an entrance door on the 1st level and a window in the second level.
A view of a brick and concrete bank building drive-up area with decorative panels along the edge of the covered area. Under the covered area you can see three sets of vacuum tube equipment for moving items between patrons and the tellers. The teller's window is at the back. Yellow bollards sit in front of the equipment to protect it from cars.
A glass door and windows at the entrance to a basement bar. In the window are various signs including one with a Lite beer can and the text "We love beer", and one that says "Video Gaming Here". There is a red awning over the entrance and two topiary buses made to look like three round balls of vegetation.
A straight on view of the front of the Liberty Theater in Murphysboro, Illinois. The marquee has a neon Liberty sign in the center with changeable message boards on the sides. The theater has two sets of double doors and several movie poster windows at sidewalk level.
A view of 6 Adirondack chairs, three of them green and three of them red, sit in front of a white metal building wall that has a sign on the side picturing a pink cow with heart sunglasses and a bow on top of its head licking it's lips. The text "The Downtown Dip" are next to the cow image. A green hose is also partially hung on a hose rack on the wall of the building between two of the chairs.
A bank drive-up teller window in the side of an old red brick building. A sign in the window says, "Drive Thru Window is not functional". There is a vase of flowers inside the window. Outside the window a tall orange construction cone sits on the pavement.
A red brick building with an arched entrance that has been abandoned and filled with weathering plywood and wood lattice. Over the door is a single light fixture without a bulb and is rusting.
A red brick building has a doorway defined by an outline of yellow brick in a fancy pattern around it. But the actual doorway has been filled in with a more modern brick leaving just the yellow brick outline of the old entrance.
A two story brick building with 6 arched vertical rectangular windows on the section floor. Above the windows in the brickwork is "M.W. of A. 6234" in the center. "* 1899 *" on the left and "* 1910 *" on the right. The first floor has been heavily modified with white siding and four modern windows with blue shutters. I believe that M. W. of A. stands for Modern Woodmen of America. Founded in 1883, it still exists today and is a fraternal benefit society selling various investments and insurance products. I'm not sure why the building has two dates on it. I'm guessing that 1899 was the year the chapter was created and 1910 was the year the building was built.
The front of a two story red brick building with a fancy pattern of whie bricks along the top of the building a white brick rectangle outline with two white brick diamonds above three vertical arched windows that are boarded up. The first letter is painted red with a large diagonal white stripe outlined in black crossing the entire width. There is a single entrance door and two windows, each with advertising decals over them. Above the door is a black sign with white lettering saying Danny Boy's Bar twice. A double sided sign hangs perpendicular to the building over the front door and is unreadable in this photo. On the sidewalk is a potted plant and a banner that says "Gaming".
The front of a red brick building with a white entrance door flanked by two vertical rectangular windows. There is a white sign over the door with a black dog bone painted on it. On the dog bone it reads, "Tails to Nails Dog Grooming" and gives a phone number. In front of the building is a white sidewalk entrance railing with 6 towels draped over the railing, presumably to help them air dry. There is a wreath on the front door and a green bush to the right of the door.
A close-up shot of a weathered red brick wall with two sealed openings. On the left, a small arched window opening is filled in with mismatched dark and light bricks. On the right, a larger rectangular doorway is completely bricked up with light grey concrete blocks, topped by a deteriorating wooden overhang tangled with dead vines. Green grass and small weeks grow along the base of the structure.
A stark, vertical picture of a portion of an old, weathered two-story building with metal siding under a partially cloudy sky. The building shows signs of age and neglect and features a single dark rectangular window on the second floor and a mismatched window and entry door on the ground floor. A thin, dark utility wire runs across the upper right portion of the scene.
A narrow, vertical shot looking down an outdoor sidewalk on a clear day with a blue sky. On the right, a brick building housing city hall features a black teardrop-shaped awning displaying a profile illustration of a Native American wearing a red and white feathered headdress. Along the paved sidewalk, several large black planters holding small green plants line the path. Tall wooden utility poles stand along the street.
A straight on shot of an old two-story brick building. The facade features a white brick exterior on the upper level and a light-yellow painted lower level. The second floor has three vertical rectangular windows with prominent golden-yellow cornices, and a small central balcony with an ornate black metal railing. The ground floor includes a central white door with glass panels, flanked by covered storefront display windows and a purple trim. A dark potted plant sits on the sidewalk to the right of the entrance.
An old brick building painted dark grey except for an area at the top front where there was probably a sign in the past. There is a single entrance door centered on the front with a window on either side that each have a corrugated sheet metal awning. Under the left window someone has painted an American Flag. Under the right window they have painted a British Flag. Over the door are three or four foot tall letters "DS".
The view is of the back wall of a brick building. There is a brown door with the bottom half spray painted yellow. To the left of the door is the electrical service to the building including locations for up to 6 electric meters. The brick wall is completely covered in bright green ivy to the right. The ivy to the left of the door appears to have been cut or poisoned as it is brown and shriveled.
Metal stairs with a pipe railing rise adjacent to a brick building. A worn and dirty green owning hanging from the side of the building covers the stairs.
A red, convertible Corvette with an Illinois license plate reading "I BURYM" sits behind a yellow brick building with a tall chimney. The drive is made of old cracked concrete. There is a white entrance door with a rusty metal "screen" door.
A black and white alley view of the backside of a partially brick and partially concrete block building where the gas and electric meters have been removed leaving the old gas line rotated about 45 degrees from its original position.
A black ashtray with a single cigarette in it sits on the table of an outdoor restaurant patio in front of a concrete block wall painted with a mural in shades of blue and dark pink.
A symmetrical stone building a tattered awning over a door at the center, two narrow and tall glass block windows on either side of the door, and two large square glass block windows at the left and right sides. The stone face is weathered and dirty.
An ugly two story commercial building covered in dirty and stained concrete panels. There are seven windows - three on the upper level spread symmetrically across the face of the building and four on the lower level with three of those being under the upper windows and a fourth added randomly at the left edge. There is a boarded up entrance on the first level between two of the windows that also has a wooden post temporarily supporting the wide opening.
A white brick wall featuring three vertical windows, each topped with a decorative gray brick arch lintel on the second level. On the first level the window spaces have been filled in and only the gray brick arch lintels remain.
The front of an old two story building built of stone or concrete block cast to look like stone. There is a awning over the first floor animal grooming shop. A sign hangs perpendicular to the building above the awning that says "Shed Happens Grooming".
A small building designed for the DYI dog washer to wash their dog. The top of the building and one door have the words "Pampered Paws Pet Wash" on them.
A pinkish red domed awning hangs off a yellow brick wall above an entrance door with a tall and narrow window in it. There are three unpainted and weathered wooden stairs leading up to the door from the sidewalk.
A view of the corner of a stone and brick bank building. There are two windows with green awnings that say "PNB People's National Bank" in white lettering. A double sided LED sign projects from the second story corner of the building and it reads "Come See Mike Henson" in white lettering on a green background.
A pair of adjoining old, two-story, brick buildings. The lower levels of each are painted a bright yellow and one has a red awning and doors. The building on the right has a stone nameplate at the top reading "KROEGER & ARNOLD".
An old concrete building with a stepped roofline painted white and blue with an yellow, blue, and white NAPA sign on the side of the building a "NAPA Auto Parts Truck Parts" sign hanging from a pipe support over the front sidewalk.
A door in an old, brick building. The bricks are painted white. A modern glass and metal door fille 2/3 of the old doorway. Above the door is a sheet of plywood with weathering white paint. There is a fancy metal header above it that could be made of cast iron, or more likely zinc (galvanized sheet metal) with oxidizing lead paint.
An old, brick building, painted white, has 1 door and an exhaust vent on the bottom level and four tall windows on the upper level. The door and windows all have fancy metal cornices that appear slightly rusty.
A black and white image of a brick building, painted white, with two entry doors. The door openings have a door in the bottom two-thirds and glass blocks in the upper third. Above the glass blocks are stone cornices. A small bicycle is leaned up against the wall between the doors.
The side of an AutoZone car parts store. The metal siding is grey on the bottom with three white stripes separated by two large orange stripes on the top. The delivery door and guardrail installed just in front of the building is painted orange to match the siding. The electrical service conduit and box is painted to match the stripes on the building. A wooden pallet is leaned up against the guardrail to the right of the door.
The front view of a brick building with a very weathered garage sized door, a boarded-up window and a sign over the door reading "G. Miles Auto Repair".
An old metal building where every part of it has been painted red including the siding, the doors, the awning, and even a light code over a sign reading "NO PARKING BETWEEN SIGNS".