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monique jansen | all galleries >> World Travel Photography >> China 2004 - from Beijing to the Khunjerab Pass >> Beijing and the Great Wall - Monuments, Temples and Neighborhoods > Guarding chairman Mao
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01-NOV-2004

Guarding chairman Mao

Canon PowerShot G5
1/1250s f/5.0 at 28.8mm hide exif
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Date/Time01-Nov-2004 05:42:19
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Focal Length28.8 mm
Exposure Time1/1250 sec
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Phil Douglis27-Apr-2006 19:07
I was also a bit further back, and used a horizontal frame. So we shot the same subject, but in quite different ways. You stressed the guard, I stressed the unity of past and present.
Phil Douglis27-Apr-2006 19:06
I remembered this shot when I was in Beijing last month. Here's my own version:http://www.worldisround.com/articles/291935/photo97.html Sixteen months after you made this picture, I shot the very same guard. My color is a bit less saturated, and my view is frontal. I also cropped out the distractions on the top and lower left, and shifted the arch to below shoulders instead of coming out of his head. I organized my image around the geometry of the facade, the portrait, and the guard.
Phil Douglis09-Nov-2004 16:17
An incongruous juxtaposition of yesterday and today.