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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Ninety-one: A month on America’s “Last Beach.” > Painted electrical utility box, Imperial Beach, California, 2014.
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18-AUG-2014

Painted electrical utility box, Imperial Beach, California, 2014.

Most of the painted electrical utility boxes that I saw in this town were surrounded with distracting contexts. The dolphin painting in the previous image had to be severely cropped to make the image work as a photograph. However this particular box was surrounded by a strikingly simple context – a stretch of concrete, and three poles, each projecting a diagonal shadow pointing towards the box and the strange looking fish that adorns its side panel. I simply backed away to include the rhythmically repeating poles and their shadows, drawing the eye towards the yellow and green fish that swims in a painted blue ocean. Meanwhile, the shadow of the box itself adds a dimensional touch that enhances the image.

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