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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Sixteen: Story-telling street photography > Bus stop, Miami Beach, Florida, 2013
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07-FEB-2013

Bus stop, Miami Beach, Florida, 2013

This street shot is all about comparisons and contrasts. Two men wait for a bus, yet each waits in his own way. They wear clothing that defines their personalities and preferences. The man casually leaning on the signage in the foreground stares intently at the street, possibly searching for signs of his bus. His body language reveals a relaxed stance contrasted to an impatient stare. He seems to enjoy the cool morning air -- his clothing is light and purely recreational. The man in the background uses the ledge of a building for support, as well to hold his large bag. He wears a zipped hooded sweatshirt, even while standing in the morning sun. He chooses to recede into the background, while the other figure dominates the foreground. I link the figures by spacing them between a series of vertical thrusts – the background windows, a lamppost and its shadow, and the signage column at the bus stop itself. The scene becomes a symbolic theatre, with the street itself as a horizontal apron, a battered horizontal curb as a riser, the rust colored horizontal sidewalk as the stage, and the lamp, sign, and building as the set.

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