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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Eighty-five: On Tour – cruising the Mississippi from Memphis to the Gulf > One hundred and seventy seven steps, Pensacola, Florida, 2012
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08-DEC-2012

One hundred and seventy seven steps, Pensacola, Florida, 2012

Visitors are welcome to climb all 177 cast iron steps spiraling to the top of Pensacola’s historic lighthouse. I preferred to stay below to photograph the ornate 19th century vision of geometry working within geometry. The image takes us back into another time, a blend of both vintage engineering and expression.

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Date/Time08-Dec-2012 15:32:14
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Focal Length7.1 mm
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Phil Douglis05-Jan-2013 00:10
Yes, this is just one of many such lighthouse staircases I have photographed. It does look like a kaleidoscope, and the bricks and structural ironwork give it a wonderful antique feeling. Light and color play a huge role here as well in giving the image a sense of delicate fragility (nothing like brooding confinement.)
Tim May04-Jan-2013 04:28
So many spiral stair cases catch our eye and imagination. For me this one stands out because of the interplay of geometry and light. It's like a kaleidoscope.
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