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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Thirty-Five: How style and interpretation combine as expression > After the flood, Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona, Arizona, 2006
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05-MAY-2006

After the flood, Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona, Arizona, 2006

Several years ago, Oak Creek went on a rampage. When its flood ebbed, evidence of its power was left upon the land. I interpret the force of nature with this portrait of devastation. A tangle of fallen trees and stripped logs sprawl in the midst of massive boulders dislodged by the flood. What is normally seen upright is now prone. What we might regard as immovable, has been moved. The diagonal logs suggest the force of the flood as we move upwards through the layers of this image. We see small stones, the trio of ravaged logs, great boulders, a mass of broken branches, and finally a bit of the creek peeking through the twigs. This image is a naturescape, an interpretation of an event that is past -- yet its effect will be felt in this canyon for years to come.

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Phil Douglis25-May-2006 05:42
Your summation, Xin, of my image is as evocative in its way as this photograph attempts to be in its way. You are right -- this image is catastrophic. It is chaotic and fragmented, yet still coherent in its form. And nature does indeed inflict catastrophic damage on nature. My image attempts to evoke the very fragility, fragmentation, and chaos that you so beautifully summarize here. I thank you for this thoughtful comment.
Sheena Xin Liu25-May-2006 04:59

This pictures implies a state of chaos and fragility , the fragmented coherence the unachievable longevity for anything living on earth that are inflicted by the natural catastrophe.
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