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07-FEB-2013

Traffic, Miami Beach, Florida, 2013

I juxtapose three vehicles in both a vertical and horizontal progression of layers here to capture the bustle and flavor of this resort city. The hood of a silver car anchors the image at lower right, while a white SUV dominates the image at center. The SUV overrides the silver car, while its occupants go about their separate tasks. The driver of the car is tanned and stripped to the waist, his tattooed arm draped casually over the window slot. Very Miami. Very Beach. The city bus in the background crowns the image. The oversized picture of a young woman featured in an advertisement on the side of the bus rises above the entire scene. Her classic commercial beauty reinforces the youthful flavor of this photograph. When all three silver and white layers are juxtaposed in combination here, they offers a sense of this energetic sun-drenched city by the sea.

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Phil Douglis31-Oct-2013 22:17
Thanks, Ryan. This is a study in layers. All of them -- the two cars and the bus -- have their own role here in expressing the idea I was trying to get across. I wanted to tell the story of a young, vibrant city on the move, full of bustle and Miami flavor. The oversized woman in the final layer is the key, of course. She seems to ride in both the SUV and on the bus at the same time. It is a blend of silver and while, beauty and muscular strength, large and small, visible and invisible. As I note, it offers a sense of this energetic, sun-drenched city by the sea.
Ryan31-Oct-2013 02:31
Nobody has commented on this one, but I think it's great. The woman on the bus looks as if she's sitting on the window sill of the SUV. Though it might be a stronger image if the car was not in the foreground, the shape of the hood mirrors the wheel well flare on the SUV. This is one of those images that you just have to be in the right place at the right time to capture.
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