Art in the shadows, New York City, New York, 2009 photo

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24-MAR-2009

Art in the shadows, New York City, New York, 2009

A life-sized sculpture of a painter at work, frozen in mid-stroke, can be found on 34th Street near Lexington Avenue. I imply its presence here by masking it in shadow, stressing instead a determined semi-frozen commuter walking to work on a bitterly cold morning.

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Phil Douglis		07-Apr-2009 20:03
You guess correctly, Suwanee. I saw the way the light fell on the faces of other people as they came through this area. I also took note of the heavily shadowed area just behind her. When she stepped into this spot, I shot.

Guest		07-Apr-2009 16:57
Did you wait just for the right moment of light/shadow to fall on her face or did you use some photoshop enhancement Phil? My guess is that you saw the scene, waited for the right moment and clicked your shutter at the very moment that the shadow fell on half of her face?

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