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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Twenty Three: Stirring emotions through atmosphere and mood. > Seventh inning stretch, Coors Field, Denver, Colorado, 2014
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16-JUL-2014

Seventh inning stretch, Coors Field, Denver, Colorado, 2014

Ever since terrorists brought down the World Trade Towers in New York City on September 11, 2001, it has become a tradition for baseball fans to recall the tragedy by honoring its armed forces at baseball games when the seventh inning rolls around. I attended a game in Denver during the Fourth of July weekend, and made this image of the stadium scoreboard during such a “seventh inning stretch.” The scene is dominated by its red, white, blue, and orange colors. All of the lights on the scoreboard have been extinguished except for the huge TV screen showing a military trumpeter playing “God Bless America,” a patriotic song originally written by composer Irving Berlin during World War I, and then revived during World War II. Its ending lyrics are displayed on another screen. Segments of the American flag momentarily replace the advertisements on other surrounding screens, enriching the color palette. Ultimately, it is the cloudscape itself that sets the mood and creates the atmosphere for this scene. It is the final light of day, and it comes to us as if it was a giant flag created by nature itself upon the sky.

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