Reality Framed — Everyday Reality https://realityframed.com/ Everyday Reality: one photograph every day from Reality Framed en-us Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:06:04 +0000 Day 4: Size Doesn't Matter https://realityframed.com/photos/size-doesn-t-matter/ https://realityframed.com/photos/size-doesn-t-matter/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:51:00 +0000 Black-and-white photo of a United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX taxiing left to right across an airport apron, with a JetBlue Airbus A321 and two smaller propeller planes on the taxiways behind it, and a harbor with wooded islands in the distance.

Two small airplanes hold positions on the ramp at Logan International Airport alongside two large commercial airplanes.

Airports fascinate me. My youngest son is a pilot, so I've learned a bit about airport operations from him. He has told me that Air Traffic Control essentially treats big planes and little planes the same when it comes to getting them up and down and moving them around once they're on the ground.

I thought about that as I watched these two smaller planes, probably from Cape Air, weave between two larger jets on the ramp during some recent downtime at Logan International in Boston. I think it illustrates his point well.

Photograph originally published on Reality Framed as Size Doesn't Matter on October 11, 2026.

]]> Day 3: Air-Conditioned Nightmare https://realityframed.com/photos/air-conditioned-nightmare/ https://realityframed.com/photos/air-conditioned-nightmare/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 21:39:00 +0000 Black-and-white photograph looking up at the stepped upper floors of a brick Art Deco high-rise against a plain gray sky. Tall, narrow multi-pane windows run in vertical columns, and window air conditioners project from many of them, each casting a long diagonal shadow onto the sunlit brick. Small carved ornaments sit between the window columns, and the setbacks are topped with tooth-like cornice detailing. The right side of the building is in deep shade.

A series of window air-conditioning units cast a pattern of shadows across the face of a building in downtown Boston

Photograph originally published on Reality Framed as Air-Conditioned Nightmare on October 10, 2026.

]]> Day 2: Day Game https://realityframed.com/photos/day-game/ https://realityframed.com/photos/day-game/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:20:00 +0000 Black-and-white upward-angled shot of a white steel lattice tower topped with a catwalk and a row of dark floodlights. The tower slants diagonally across the frame against a gray sky with a few wispy clouds at right.

A light tower against the sky during the day at Fenway Park in Boston.

Photograph originally published on Reality Framed as Day Game on October 9, 2026.

]]> Day 1: Call for Isolation https://realityframed.com/photos/call-for-isolation/ https://realityframed.com/photos/call-for-isolation/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000 Black-and-white photograph of a spacious lounge with wood-paneled walls and a floor of rectangular tiles. In the upper right, a small figure with short dark hair sits in a corner holding a phone to their ear, with two bottles on a round white table in front of them. Modern bucket chairs on thin metal legs sit around the room, including two beside another round table on the left. Most of the frame is the empty tile floor and large panels of the walls, emphasizing the isolating effect of talking on a phone in a public space.

A woman talks on a cell phone while sitting in an alcove in the Science Center at Harvard University

Photograph originally published on Reality Framed as Call for Isolation on October 8, 2026.

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