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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Ninety-four: The Road to Chautauqua > Tuning up and shutting down, The Amphitheatre, Chautauqua, New York, 2015
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27-JUL-2015

Tuning up and shutting down, The Amphitheatre, Chautauqua, New York, 2015

I photographed two orchestral tune-ups at Chautauqua. (I was not permitted to make any pictures during the actual performances, but the head usher kindly allowed me to make these images of practice prior to the concerts.) In most of my orchestral images, the performers were wearing their summer whites. But in this one, which I made on a different evening, the orchestra appears wearing traditional black. Four out of five of these performers are intently working on their art here, while the fifth incongruously takes a moment to check his cell phone. In a few moments, the house lights will dim, the conductor will enter, the music will begin, and I will reluctantly have to put away my camera for the rest of the evening.

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Date/Time27-Jul-2015 16:58:29
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Phil Douglis10-Nov-2015 20:32
That's a great idea, iris. In fact, I've already done just that. See:http://www.pbase.com/pnd1/cell_phones
Iris Maybloom (irislm)10-Nov-2015 00:50
A wonderful moment.....four musicians serious and intent, using this tune-up time to do exactly that. For the fifth guy, it's that cell phone thing again creating an incongruity of both time and place. I think you could develop a gallery of cell phone incongruities!! It's certainly ubiquitous, as well as amusing to observe.
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