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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Forty-Nine: Creating an echo with rhythm and pattern > Clothesline, Sadec, Vietnam, 2008
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04-JAN-2008

Clothesline, Sadec, Vietnam, 2008

I began by photographing the clothes and towels themselves, mainly because of the red and yellow colors. Moments later their owner arrived, bearing more clothing, followed within minutes by a vegetable vender who parked her cart right in my frame and went to work. Such is the ebb and flow of life in this Mekong Delta community. The row of hanging clothing and towels, and the railing on the upper story of the building, create the rhythms and patterns in this image.

Leica D-Lux 3
1/200s f/4.9 at 6.3mm iso100 full exif

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Phil Douglis11-Jun-2008 20:20
There are variations in the effect of rhythm and pattern, Jenene, just as you point out here. Some rhythms are immediately apparent, such as in the rectangular forms here. Others can be more subtle, almost subliminal, such as the circular rhythms in the wheels and platters and bowls and even the conical hat.
JSWaters11-Jun-2008 04:05
The circles made by tires, wheels and platters and bowls fill out the patterns in the bottom of the image, although not as immediately apparent as those above.
Jenene
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