stapicgrafdp.jpg
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Comment by tnun:
Wonderful assemblage of elements, clearly shown. Contemporary documentary vis a vis contemporary expression/protest art/desecration and the static monument to the past which comes to life in its own shadow... We are left to interpret the indices of the latter. (I would like to know whom the statue represents - sage, politician, poet? - but I don't need to know).

guy ifrebwdp.jpg
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Comment by posthumous:
This doesn't have an immediate impact, but it does have a compelling texture that draws the viewer in. Slowly, a story emerges. A foreground fire and a background fire, somehow connected. The fires are a natural light contrasted by the scattered artificial lights, so tame in comparison. A theme emerges of nature vs. civilization, of nature hiding in civilization, of nature always existing underneath civilization, sparking out in moments of crisis. This impossible containment of opposites is symbolized by the coexistence of fire and rain (and visualized by the coexistence of darkness and light).

Slowly, we realize the man is facing us, not the fire, with a face of darkness.

stapicgrafdp.jpg
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Comment by salmiakki:
Absolutely love this.

pregnant
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Comment by Blue Moon:
The shadow looks like a fat billy goat, nice find!

"That's not McDonalds..."
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Comment by posthumous:
this is a perfect poem. the elements interact strongly with each other while never resolving into a single story. your timing is perfect. clearly he is ingesting the food, but the gesture could just as easily be one of ejection.

Vertigo created by a perfect balance.

"That's not McDonalds..."
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Comment by Melethia:
Perfect catch!

guy ifrebwdp.jpg
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Comment by salmiakki:
Wow, that's some heavy rain. I find it fascinating too that there is just an isolated person in this shot. Somehow with a fire like that I would expect to see a few more people.

"That's not McDonalds..."
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Comment by chromeydome:
PostLuminous Award Nominee!
another superb image from you, and stands alone easily, independent of any challenge theme

guy ifrebwdp.jpg
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Comment by LevT:
what a strange combination of a puring rain, burning flame, and a totally indifferent man in the middle. I like the grainy feel of this.

curch.jpg
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Comment by tnun:
Would love to see more of this.