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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Sixteen: Story-telling street photography > Gym, New York City, New York, 2010
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13-JUL-2010

Gym, New York City, New York, 2010

I saw this man eating his lunch just outside of a gym. He must be a customer here – his sculpted arms and shoulders echo those of the mermaid and merman in the nearby poster. Meanwhile, I also worked on the body language of the people standing in the window, and caught them here sharing an amusing moment. He does not see them, and they do not seem him, while the viewer can see them all simultaneously.

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Phil Douglis03-Sep-2010 17:12
Thanks, Rob, for your interpretation. You see what I saw and felt here, and you express it perfectly.
Rob Rosetti03-Sep-2010 11:04
I see a bit of sadness (or melancholy) in this shot. A touch of isolation, or separation, between the muscle man with his protein-boosted meal and the life inside the gym. It suggest the difficulty of interaction in our modern times. He doesn't smile, like the sirens in the picture on the left. Nice work.
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