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24-SEP-2009

Past meets present, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, 2009

A skeletal T-Rex rages silently in the newest section of the museum, a controversial glass and aluminum structure designed by architect David Liebeskind. I converted the image to black and white to further abstract the backlighted skeleton, removing the conflicting color provided by the building across the street from the museum. I positioned the fangs of the dinosaur within the grid provided by Liebeskind’s contemporary windows, meshing the distant past with cutting edge architectural design.

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Phil Douglis30-Aug-2011 04:25
Thanks, Jane, for seeing here much of what I was trying to say. You see the small things, as well as the large, that make an image tell its story.
janescottcumming27-Aug-2011 00:38
A beautiful, carefully thought out image! So perfect in black and white with nothing to distract us from the shapes and forms. I tried something like this years ago at the Museum of Natural History in NYC. I had my son stand so I could see his face through the eye hole and went up to the next level and took a shot looking down through the eye socket hole at my son. It was with film and in color and I was never happy with the result. Your image reminded me of that old shot. Maybe I should look for it and scan it and convert it to black and white. It was not as good as this shot but it might be fun to try to do something with it. One other thing I really love about this shot is how you lined the angle (like a sideways V) up with the T Rex's mouth, also like a sideways V. The image is like a gigantic puzzle and all the pieces fit together perfectly! V
Phil Douglis27-Oct-2009 20:28
Thanks, Rose, for seeing what intended to express in this image.
sunlightpix17-Oct-2009 20:14
Stunning compilation of the ancient and modern!
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