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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Forty-Four: Photographing human response – gesture, body language, and expressions > Construction workers, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2008
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22-OCT-2008

Construction workers, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2008

I watched these two construction workers for several minutes as they had a discussion under a covered walkway during a break. I built this image around the gesture of the man at left, who stood in profile before a brilliantly illuminated textured column. He brings his hand to his face and raises a finger for emphasis. Coupled with his open mouth, we get the feeling that he is giving advice to the woman at right. Her gestures were passive, while his were active. She seems to be preoccupied with a wrapping, and fades into the shadows.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/400s f/8.0 at 88.8mm iso100 full exif

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