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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Fifty One: Using diagonals for guidance, energy, and meaning > High school students, Hoi An, Vietnam, 2007
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24-DEC-2007

High school students, Hoi An, Vietnam, 2007

High School girls in Vietnam wear distinctive uniforms. In Hoi An, they are dressed all in white. This group was on the way home as the sun set on Christmas Eve. I shifted my camera to stress the diagonal thrust of golden slash of light running from the upper left back of the image and exiting at lower right front. By taking this vantage point, I stress their journey, which began in the back and flows towards us, leading us to the bottom front right hand corner, where it ends. I leave plenty of shadowy space in the lower right foreground to symbolize that part of the journey that is still to come. This image offers a diagonal implying image depth, rather than breadth.

Leica D-Lux 3
1/200s f/4.5 at 6.3mm iso100 full exif

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Phil Douglis07-Feb-2008 22:35
Thanks for noting the symbolic role of the three different hats here, Tim -- they may be uniformed, yet they are still can express themselves as individuals.
Tim May07-Feb-2008 21:22
The diagonal also leads me to their hats. The uniforms create a sense of sameness - but these girls are people - not cogs in a system.
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