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17-OCT-2004

Face in the Window, Bodie, California, 2004

This building was built in 1880 to house H. Ward’s undertaking business. Today, one of its windows is lined with silvery insulating material. When editing this image, I was astounded to see what appears to a mysterious Lincolnesque face of a man gazing at me within that window. I underexposed the facade of the old building to intensify the mysterious feeling of this incongruous apparition.

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Date/Time17-Oct-2004 20:49:43
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Focal Length18.4 mm
Exposure Time1/2000 sec
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Exposure Bias-1.00
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Phil Douglis29-Oct-2004 03:57
No biblical references here. And no sacred visions, either. Not in this profane place. As for seeing Lincoln in the window, I make out Abe's mouth and chin, as well as his high forehead here. No eyes, but the imagination fills them in. Just the idea of a huge face sitting in the window of this old Undertaker's building scares the hell out of me!
Guest 29-Oct-2004 02:44
I see the face - I don't quite see Lincoln, but I certainly see the face. Good thing you didn't equate it with a biblical reference - what's left of Bodie might not survive the crush of pilgrims!
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