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This groundskeeper, working on the paths among the ancient Inca ruins that are part of a museum in the center of Cuenca, offered a silhouette that symbolically represents all who work at manual labor in this South American city. I photographed him with a long lens from a spot along a hillside far below. Earlier I had photographed the same man with a wideangle lens, framing him within the rectangle formed by ancient Inca walls. ( See http://www.pbase.com/image/138696383 ) In this image, my long lens features him, rather than his environment. The ruins behind him echo the diagonal angle of his broom, while the thrusts of his arms and hands pick up the thrusts of the tree beyond. I converted this image to black and white to reinforce the stark, simple form of the content.
Image Copyright © held by Phil Douglis, The Douglis Visual Workshops