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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Forty-Three: When doors, arches and gates express ideas > Open door, Valletta, Malta, 2011
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25-NOV-2011

Open door, Valletta, Malta, 2011

The repeating rhythms of the three large green double doors, fronted by three metal hitching posts, drew my eye. I waited for someone to walk past them to add still another layer of meaning to the image. As luck would have it, someone not only walked into my frame – he hauled open one of those large doors and paused for a moment within the entrance as I made this image. He seems to be walking into the past. After making the shot, I noticed that someone had also placed a small pot with a green plant in front of that door’s hitching post, extending a touch of green color into the foreground as well.

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Phil Douglis18-Feb-2012 18:59
Thanks, Mario. The three green doors and three old hitching posts made a wonderful composition on their own, but I knew I needed a human element in the image as well, and was prepared to wait a few minutes for someone to walk past them. I got more than I had bargained for -- this man not only entered my frame, but also stopped, opened the door, and walked in, pausing while he did so. Even better, he chose the left hand door -- the one behind the only hitching post that had a potted plant to next to it.
Mario Solka18-Feb-2012 17:08
Great capture here!
Congrats**
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