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22-SEP-2011

Mural, Sayausi, Ecuador, 2011

This mural, running along one of Sayausi’s main streets, is rooted in primary colors, with blue predominating. I wanted to match its colors to the clothing of a passing pedestrian, and this person, wearing an Ecuadorian straw hat and a blue jacket fit my needs perfectly. The mural speaks of nature, with its starry night sky, fields of grain, and outsized insects and blossoms. It stands in stark juxtaposition to the concrete sidewalk and street that forms its base.

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Phil Douglis16-Jun-2013 21:28
Thanks, Bernard, for seeing the incongruities present in this image, and noting how they help express the idea here.
Bernard Bosmans12-Jun-2013 00:12
Living in a big city, between bricks and concrete your pedestrian must be feeling good to be so close to 'nature' again. Beautiful.
Phil Douglis09-Dec-2011 23:57
You know my shooting habits very well by now, Iris. I don't usually settle for just any pedestrian -- the color of his or her clothing, or their particular behavior, must relate in some way to the setting around them.
Iris Maybloom (irislm)08-Dec-2011 21:44
The mural is wonderful; the pedestrian gives it a sense of place. I can just see you waiting for the right pedestrian to pass....and your patience paid off.
Phil Douglis30-Nov-2011 19:30
Thanks, Giuseppe -- the colors of both mural and man are essential to the message here. And thanks, Dan, for the link to your own shot, which uses a similar principle. Both man and mural are related by color.
Daniel Wickwire30-Nov-2011 03:29
I've thought that it would be great fun to do a project on murals. With characters passing through. I've found a few. Requires the action to come to you though and that takes a lot of patience. This one just happened. http://www.pbase.com/danielwickwire/image/93649534.
Guest 27-Nov-2011 12:07
Great colors indeed and great murales too
Phil Douglis11-Oct-2011 04:24
I never noticed the overturned basket here until you pointed it out, Carol. I guess that because it does actually seem to belong within the mural itself.
Carol E Sandgren11-Oct-2011 03:40
The overturned basket sitting on the ledge seems to balance out with the woman's walking figure. Also it nearly becomes part of the mural painting because of the juxtapositioning. Wildly colorful as I imagine Ecuador to be.
Phil Douglis10-Oct-2011 17:25
Glad you like it, Vera -- it is always a joy to turn a corner and see something like this, a photographer's dream.
veraferia10-Oct-2011 10:18
Wonderful contrast of colors and setting. Love it!
Phil Douglis10-Oct-2011 01:55
Thanks, Long -- this image seems like it was easily made, but it took a lot of pedestrians and a lot of shots to make it work.
Long Bach Nguyen10-Oct-2011 00:33
beautiful
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