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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Seventeen: Memories in Metal and Stone: How monuments, sculpture, and tombs express ideas. > Statuary, Cuenca Cemetery, Cuenca, Ecuador, 2011
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15-SEP-2011

Statuary, Cuenca Cemetery, Cuenca, Ecuador, 2011

I composed this image of a grieving figure memorializing the tomb of a priest, to express a spiritual dimension. I carefully shifted my vantage point to align the softly focused archway in the background with the head of the sculpture. It creates a partial halo around the figure that defines the head and symbolizes an expression of faith. The inclusion of a green branch from a nearby tree lends a touch of vitality to the scene, implying the presence of life within a context of death.

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