photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment
Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Seventy Eight: Figures in the sky – a public art exhibition > 244 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York, 2010
previous | next
11-JUL-2010

244 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York, 2010

Given context by the Empire State building’s tower, this Gormley figure stands on a rooftop six blocks away from it. The figure is very small within my frame, in comparison to the adjoining building and the soaring tower of the Empire State Building, but I am able to bring emphasis to it by waiting for a cloud to provide a white background. Black against white always creates the most visible contrast. This is another one of the Gormley figures that will struggle for recognition. It is the second most northerly figure in the series, standing well beyond the concentration of sculptures placed around Madison Square Park. It is the cloud and its relationship to the Empire State tower that bring it to life here.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1
1/1000s f/9.0 at 45.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
share
Phil Douglis09-Aug-2010 18:57
Your imagination runneth over, Rose. I think that Superman comes to mind here because the figure stands poised before what has become a legendary building in itself, a structure right out of the same Art Deco period when Superman himself was created. Of course the cloud can then becomes a cape -- why not?
sunlightpix08-Aug-2010 21:44
Yes, I love how the cloud creates space and contrast.
I can also imagine the cloud as a sort of cape for a superman, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment