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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Forty-Four: Photographing human response – gesture, body language, and expressions > Café, Union Square, San Francisco, California, 2007
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06-JUN-2007

Café, Union Square, San Francisco, California, 2007

Six people sit in the sun, taking it easy. The woman closest to the camera tries to sleep. Her companion offers his back as a pillow while he studies a map of the city. The fellow in the bright red shirt comments on the flow of tourists from around the world walking through the square. The man with all the beer watches the watchers, a woman reads, and another man turns his back on the whole thing. This image tells a collective story, defining a moment in time where each person in this group becomes an individual by using body language or gesture uniquely.

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Phil Douglis21-Jun-2007 18:46
Conversely, your comment, Jenene, also brings to mind John Donne's observation that "no man is an island, entire of itself..." People are never really isolated form each other -- mankind is interconnected. These six individuals may each be off in their own zone, but they are also aware, and in the case of the woman up front, even dependent, on each other.
JSWaters21-Jun-2007 04:49
The ultimate urban skill - learning how to be alone when surrounded by masses of people. Six different and interesting stories here, Phil.
Jenene
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