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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Eighty-two: A city portrait -- impressions of Havana, Cuba. > Silenced, Columbus Cemetery, Havana, Cuba, 2012
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12-MAY-2012

Silenced, Columbus Cemetery, Havana, Cuba, 2012

I moved my vantage point until this grieving figure became half obscured within its niche on the façade of a mausoleum. I then converted the color image to black and white, creating a silence that reinforced the meaning I was trying to express here. I speak here of the finality of death itself.

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Phil Douglis06-Jul-2012 04:17
Not only beautiful, but eternally silent, Jude.
Jude Marion17-Jun-2012 23:08
Yes, beautiful point of view. This takes the image to a whole other expressive level. She is beautiful in her grief.
Phil Douglis30-May-2012 19:41
I thank you, Celia, for seeing so much meaning in this image. I was thinking purely of silence and the finality of death, while you expand upon it by seeing so many other questions regarding the end of life.
Cecilia Lim29-May-2012 23:23
What a haunting image! This lifeless statue on the contrary seems to be alive with thought and emotion. It appears as if she is leaning her head against the wall, perhaps in sorrow and regret. The flowers she is holding point down in despair. Did she leave someone or did someone leave her? This is a thought-provoking image that you made here.
Phil Douglis27-May-2012 22:20
Your commentary tells a perceptive story, Carol. This is much more than just a picture of a statue or monument. It an image that does indeed speak of shyness, modesty, even apprehension, as you note. My chosen vantage point obscures half the face, giving the subject all of the qualities you mention, and creating what I see as eternal silence -- death itself.
Carol E Sandgren27-May-2012 19:14
Your vantage point as well as the statue itself present a certain shyness and modesty with the partially hidden statue, as if apprehensive to advance to the next life.
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