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Downtown Crossing: Fire Escape

When this fire escape I always wonder: if an acrophobic person lived up there, would they rather face the fire or endure the vertigo of climbing down the fire escape?

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Phil Douglis01-Jun-2005 03:23
The more abstract you become in your imaging, Della, the more incongruity you seem to create, and the more the image comes to mean in human terms. The question you posed in your caption is perfectly expressed in this image. You organize this image exquisitely, running the rickety ancient fire escape down one side, instead of splitting the middle with it. It seems to imply that the windows closest to the fire escape have the best shot at getting out, while the poor devils in the windows at far right face longer odds. You don't show us the whole structure -- you choose just 12 windows. And you process it in black and white, which makes it less real, and more universal. A symbol for risky escape.
Si Kirk23-May-2005 17:18
Nice photo Della, great composition
Guest 22-May-2005 04:28
This is so cool. Ordered yet interesting.
Guest 20-May-2005 18:37
Outstanding shot (again)!

The change in stone pattern on the right... I can't decide if it adds a natural frame or pulls the eye away from the fire escape's pattern.
Gary Winters20-May-2005 04:37
I can answer your question, because I have a fear of heights. If I lived up there, and there was a fire, I'd be on that fire escape before you could blink an eye. Lovely photo, great lines and composition!
JW19-May-2005 21:06
some great patterns here from the detail of the brick to the spiral. Must be viewed at Original! Voted
Antonis Sarantos19-May-2005 20:20
Amazing! Voted.
Guest 19-May-2005 20:14
Kind of interesting
J. Scott Coile19-May-2005 17:04
I love your composition. Left weighted. Nice tones. Simple patterns. Wonderful B&W!
joanteno19-May-2005 11:34
Great pattern and tones..
Chris Sofopoulos19-May-2005 11:02
Great tones in this architectural shot. And what a stair..
Lee Rudd19-May-2005 08:05
Really lovely pattern you've framed the building well
Guest 19-May-2005 04:19
Amazing architectural shot! B&W is perfect here.
Dan Chusid19-May-2005 02:47
I'd go the fireman's pole route!
Peter Hollinger19-May-2005 01:18
Wonderful patterns!
JeremyGood19-May-2005 01:16
Wow, very cool patterns here. Black and white guarantees that the fire escape is the primary focal point.
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