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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery One: Travel Abstractions -- Unlimited Thought > Theatre lobby, New York City, New York, 2013
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18-OCT-2013

Theatre lobby, New York City, New York, 2013

I made this image from outside the theatre, pressing my lens close against a glass door to avoid reflections. I limited the image to the information within the ornate tiling around a door to an inner lobby. I built the image around the dazzling window within that door, an area full of of reds, oranges, and purples appearing almost as stained glass. The deep purple mass near the center of this colorful pane might represent a person – it is so abstract that it could also be simply an exercise in color. This image asks more questions than it answers, which is one of the principal functions of abstract photography. It is all about illusion, which also happens to be the essence of theatre.

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Phil Douglis31-Oct-2013 22:35
How appropriate it is, Ryan, that you use this picture to call attention to Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" on today of all day's: Halloween. The Raven is one of the most popular poems ever written, largely because of its supernatural atmosphere. (Imagine a bird visiting you and constantly repeating the world "Nevermore.") Thinking of that poem in connection with this image makes me see that very bird, rather than a person, lurking within stained glass. You honor Poe by making the connection, and you honor the image by linking it with Poe's poem.
Ryan31-Oct-2013 02:45
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'
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