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30-DEC-2010

Reconstruction, Bridgetown, Barbados, 2010

A net, drape, and scaffold envelopes an old Bridgetown bank under reconstruction. I abstract it as a black and white industrial tapestry, a symbol of renewal and the labor that goes along with it.

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Phil Douglis16-Jan-2011 00:15
Thanks, Iris, for appreciating what I was trying to express here. You sum up my purpose beautfully. I am glad you love this image as much as I enjoyed making it.
Iris Maybloom (irislm)15-Jan-2011 23:28
An eerie abstraction that challenges our curiosity about this building, not only about its reconstruction, but about its past and its future. Your monochromatic presentation adds brilliantly to the abstraction and challenges our collective imaginations. I love this image, Phil.
Phil Douglis14-Jan-2011 23:08
Ghostly and mysterious, indeed, Celia. Thanks for seeing my reference to history here -- the 19th century window style tells us that this building must hold many secrets within its walls. Black and white is a perfect medium for such a point -- photography began as a monochromatic medium, and black and white thus can echo the nature of time itself.
Cecilia Lim14-Jan-2011 22:00
You express such a ghostly and mysterious feeling through your control of light and colour in this image. The building is hidden behind a veil that hushes the voices within it. It makes me wonder about the history that is held within the walls of the building.
Phil Douglis14-Jan-2011 03:30
Anonymity is a wonderful metaphor, Jenene -- it is as if the building is shy, hiding until its new face appears.
JSWaters14-Jan-2011 02:09
I find the anonymity that the drape provides to be so appropriate to a building undergoing reconstruction - especially when coupled with your black and white conversion.
Jenene
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