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06-NOV-2008

Cathedral, Tunis, Tunisia, 2008

The Tunis Cathedral was built in the late 19th century during the French colonial rule of Tunisia. I frame it between the ornate lampposts from the same period that line an avenue modeled after the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Suddenly interrupting a rhythm can be just as important as maintaining a rhythm in photography, and that is what is happening in this image. Yet even while breaking the rhythmic progression of the vertical lampposts, the rounded domes on the towers of the cathedral also continue that progression by repeating the rounded shapes of the lamps, just as its vertical towers repeat the vertical lampposts.

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Phil Douglis30-Nov-2008 00:03
Thanks for seeing the role of light and darkness as a spiritual metaphor here, Carol. I try to make images that will function in multiple ways -- aesthetic, social, historical and spiritual implications all contribute here.
Carol E Sandgren29-Nov-2008 23:35
I like how the cathedral, in full color and light in tone, interrupts the darkness of the row of repetitive lamps that are the darkest part of your image. one could interpret meaning here that spirituality provides the light in ways that artificiality does not in today's times.
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