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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Seventy Nine: at the zoo > Elephant barrier, San Diego Zoo, California, 2010
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05-SEP-2010

Elephant barrier, San Diego Zoo, California, 2010

This zoo restrains its elephants with a series of sturdy cables. I made one of those cables the subject of this image. I imply the elephant’s presence by using a long telephoto lens and focusing on the cable itself, throwing the elephant standing just behind it into soft focus. The elephant is among the strongest animals on earth. The cable is stronger yet.

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Phil Douglis01-Oct-2010 18:34
Thanks, Tim -- barriers indeed. That what zoos do. They restrain the natural patterns of animal life. Barriers are unnatural, but necessary. They are indeed edges that define how far we can go, and how far these animals can go.
Tim May01-Oct-2010 15:47
For me, this speaks of barriers - edges that at which we interact with the world.
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